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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Sloane, Hans (Dr)
Physician
(1660 - 1753)
Sir Hans Sloane was born in county Down in 1660. He moved to London in the 1680s to study chemistry, anatomy, physic and botany. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Orange in 1683. He then attended the University of Montpellier and in 1684 returned to London. In 1687 Sloane set sail with the governor of Jamaica, the second duke of Albemarle, to act as the duke’s personal physician. Sloane spent over a year in Jamaica, studying the natural environment. In 1689, after the death of the duke, Sloane returned to England. In 1694 he was appointed physician in charge of Christ’s Hospital, London. He became president of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1719. He also acted as personal physician to a succession of monarchs. Sloane died in 1753 in Chelsea.
Referred to as: SloaneDEP/DUA/1/33/04
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Sloane, Hans (Dr)
Physician
(1660 - 1753)
Sir Hans Sloane was born in county Down in 1660. He moved to London in the 1680s to study chemistry, anatomy, physic and botany. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Orange in 1683. He then attended the University of Montpellier and in 1684 returned to London. In 1687 Sloane set sail with the governor of Jamaica, the second duke of Albemarle, to act as the duke’s personal physician. Sloane spent over a year in Jamaica, studying the natural environment. In 1689, after the death of the duke, Sloane returned to England. In 1694 he was appointed physician in charge of Christ’s Hospital, London. He became president of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1719. He also acted as personal physician to a succession of monarchs. Sloane died in 1753 in Chelsea.
Referred to as: Sloane
DEP/DUA/1/33/04
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Sloane, Hans (Dr)
