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Hans Sloane

1660 - 1753

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Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector. He had a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London. Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24, Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Sloane is the 199th most popular physician (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,157th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 954th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hans Sloane ranks 199 out of 726. Before him are Richard Axel, Werner Haase, Randy Schekman, Fritz Klein, Hakaru Hashimoto, and Torsten Wiesel. After him are Franciscus Sylvius, Robert Lefkowitz, Leander of Seville, Duchenne de Boulogne, Leonid Rogozov, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Hans Sloane ranks 10. Before him are Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Johann Joseph Fux, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Johann Kuhnau, André Campra, and Veronica Giuliani. After him are Andreas Schlüter, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Patkul, Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro. Among people deceased in 1753, Hans Sloane ranks 2. Before him is George Berkeley. After him are Balthasar Neumann, Gottfried Silbermann, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hans Sloane ranks 1,157 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Emperor Norton (1818), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Atiyah (1929), Thomas Graham (1805), and Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869). After him are Michael Jackson (1942), James Mill (1773), Samuel Crompton (1753), Graham Chapman (1941), John Franklin (1786), and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Hans Sloane ranks 12. Before him are John Snow (1813), James Black (1924), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), and Robert Knox (1791). After him are Thomas Willis (1621), Frederick Griffith (1879), John Langdon Down (1828), Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), and Cicely Saunders (1918).

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