Sloane

Sloane, SIR HANS, BART., was. born in 1660, and, settling in London, soon attained high professional and scientific repute. He was the first medical man who ever won hereditary honours, receiving a baronetcy from George I. on his accession in 1714. Successively Physician-General to the army and to the king, President of the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal Society, he amassed a large private fortune, much of which was devoted to the collections that formed the nucleus of the British Museum. Botany was his favourite study, and in pursuit of it he made two voyages to the West Indies. He died in 1752.