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Hans Sloane (Killyleagh, 16 aprile 1660 – Chelsea, 11 gennaio 1753) è stato un medico e naturalista britannico. Nel 1727 succedette a Isaac Newton nella presidenza della Royal Society , carica che mantenne sino al 1741 .
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet FRS (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London.
25 giu 2024 · Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753) was born in Killyleagh, Ulster, in the North of Ireland, in relatively modest circumstances as the third son of migrants from Ayrshire in Scotland. Inspired by a childhood interest in natural history and his Protestant upbringing, he studied medicine and botany in London, Paris and Montpellier, taking ...
Learn about the life and legacy of Hans Sloane, a seventeenth-century doctor and naturalist who amassed a vast collection of plants, animals and artefacts. Explore his travels to Jamaica, his publications, his role in the Royal Society and his links to slavery.
Hans Sloane divenne uno dei medici preferiti dei benestanti ai quali forniva una consultazione lucrosa nella propria casa. Nel 1719 divenne presidente del Royal College of Physicians.
Sloane, Sir Hans. Enciclopedia on line. Medico e collezionista (Killyleagh, Irlanda, 1660 - Chelsea 1753); come naturalista pubblicò (1707-25) la relazione di un viaggio nelle Antille, la cui flora aveva accuratamente studiato.
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet (born April 16, 1660, Killyleagh, County Down, Ire.—died Jan. 11, 1753, London, Eng.) was a British physician and naturalist whose collection of books, manuscripts, and curiosities formed the basis for the British Museum in London.
