Слоан, Ганс

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet Ireland / England 1660 – 1753 Teachers: John Ray; Robert Boyle; Thomas Sydenham; William Courten Students: the Cadbury Brothers; Eric St John Brooks; Kevin Wilby, Editor of Lemegetton - A Medieval Manual of Solomonic Magic; Friends: Elisabeth Langley, wife; Queen Anne; King George I ; King George II; Enemies: Organizations: Royal Society, secretary in 1693, and edited the Philosophical Transactions for twenty years; succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as president; Royal Society College of Physicians; his plant collection became part of the British Museum and Natural History Museum; Author: an Account of a Medicine for Soreness, Weakness and other Distempers of the Eyes (1745); Comments: chocolate milk ; physician and book collector; many valuable books in the British Museum are "Sloane manuscripts"; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sloane; read him here - http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Hans+Sloane ;