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Sir Hans Sloane

SLOANE, Sir Hans, bart., British naturalist, born in Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland, 16 April, 1660; died in London, 11 January, 1753. He studied medicine in London, in 1685 was elected a fellow of the Royal society, and afterward spent some time in Jamaica and other West India islands, where he collected a great number of plants. He became physician-general to the army in 1716, president of the College of physicians in 1719, and physician to the king in 1727, and about the same time succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as president of the Royal society. His library and natural history collection were purchased by the British government after his death, and formed the beginning of the British museum. Besides numerous contributions to the " Philosophical Transactions," he published the " Natural History of Jamaica" (2 vols., London, 1725).

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