See also:

• SIR

SIR HANS See also:

• SIR HANS SLOANE (1660-1753)

SLOANE (1660-1753)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector and physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April i66o at See also:

• KILLYLEAGH

Killyleagh in See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county Down, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, where his See also:

• FATHER

father had settled at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a Scotch See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony sent over by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I . He had as a youth a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and other curiosities . This led him to the study of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, which he went to See also:

• LONDON

London to pursue, directing his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, materia medica and See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy . His collecting propensities made him useful to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray and See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle . After four years in London he travelled through See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, spending some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, and taking his M.D. degree at the university of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange in 1683 . He returned to London with a considerable collection of See also:

• PLANTS

plants and other curiosities, of which the former were sent to Ray and utilized by him for his History of Plants . See also:

• SLOANE, SIR HANS (1660-1753)

Sloane was quickly elected into the Royal Society, and at the same time he attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SYDENHAM
• SYDENHAM, CHARLES EDWARD
• SYDENHAM, THOMAS (1624-1689)

Sydenham, who gave him valuable introductions to practice . In 1687 he became See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Physicians, and proceeded to See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica the same See also:

• YEAR

year as physician in the See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle . The duke died soon after landing, and Sloane's visit lasted only fifteen months; but during that time he got together about Soo new See also:

• SPECIES

species of plants, the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island being virgin ground to the botanist . Of these he published an elaborate See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue in Latin in 1696; and at a later date (1707–1725) he made the experiences of his visit the subject of two See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio volumes . He became secretary to the Royal Society in 1693, and edited the Philosophical Transactions for twenty years . His practice as a physician among the upper classes was large .

In the See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets written concerning the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale by Dr See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)
• COCKBURN, HENRY THOMAS (1779–1854)
• COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND
• COCKBURN, SIR GEORGE

Cockburn (1669–1739) of his See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret remedy for See also:

• DYSENTERY (from the Gr. prefix Ova-, in the sense of " bad," and Evmpov, the intestine)

dysentery and other fluxes, it was stated for the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence that Sloane himself did not disdain the same See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of professional conduct; and some See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is given to that See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge by the fact that his only medical publication, an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of a Medicine for Soreness, Weakness and other Distempers of the Eyes (London, 1745) was not given to the See also:

• WORLD

world until its author was in his eighty-fifth year and had retired from practice . In 1716 Sloane was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet, being the first medical practitioner to receive an hereditary See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, and in 1719 he became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the College of Physicians, holding the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office sixteen years . In 1722 he was appointed physician-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and in 1727 first physician to See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George II . In 1727 also he succeeded See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton inthe presidential See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of the Royal Society; he retired from it at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighty . Sloane's memory survives more by his judicious investments than by anything that he contributed to the subject See also:

• MATTER

matter of natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science or even of his own profession . His See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the See also:

• MANOR

manor of See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea in 1712 has perpetuated his memory in the name of a " See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, " a See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, and a square . His See also:

• GREAT

great stroke as a collector was to acquire (by See also:

• BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest, conditional on paying off See also:

• SLODTZ, RENE MICHEL

SLODTZ 243 certain debts) in 17or the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet of William Courten, who had made collecting the business of his See also:

• LIFE

life . When Sloane retired from active See also:

• WORK

work in 1741 his library and cabinet of curiosities,' which he took with him from Bloomsbury to his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Chelsea, had grown to be of unique value . On his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 11th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1753 he bequeathed his books, See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, prints, drawings, pictures, medals, coins, See also:

• SEALS

seals, cameos and other curiosities to the nation, on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament should pay to his executors £20,000, which was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal less than the value of the collection . The bequest was accepted on those terms by an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act passed the same year, and the collection, together with George II.'s royal library, &c., was opened to the public at Bloomsbury as the British Museum in 1759 . Among his other acts of munificence may be mentioned his See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift to the Apothecaries' See also:

• COMPANY

Company of the botanical or physic See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, which they had rented from the Chelsea See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate since 1673 . See Weld, History of the Royal Society, i .

45o (London, 1848); and Munk, See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

Roll of the College of Physicians, 2nd ed., i . 466 (London, 1878) .