SLOANE, SIR HANS

SLOANE, SIR HANS
   physician and naturalist, born in co. Down, Ireland, of Scotch descent; settled as a physician in London; attained the highest distinction as a professional man; his museum, which was a large one, of natural objects, books, and MSS. became by purchase the property of the nation, and formed the nucleus of the British Museum (1660-1753).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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