THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Series One: The Papers of Sir Hans Sloane, 1660-1753 from the British Library, London

Part 1: Science & Society, 1660-1773

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

This is not intended as an exhaustive bibliography, but as a summary list of some works which may be interest to anyone exploring the life and career of Sir Hans Sloane.

Biographical Works:

William R SLOAN. Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum: Legend and Lineage. Helen's Bay, 1981.

Eric St John BROOKS. Sir Hans Sloane. The great collector and his circle. London, 1954.

Jean C M JACQUET. Le Naturaliste Sir H Sloane...et les éxchanges scientifiques entre la France et l'Angleterre. Paris, 1954.

Sir Gavin de BEER. Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum. London, 1953.

Sir Gavin de BEER. Physician and Naturalist. Bicentenary of the founder of the British Museum. London, 1953.

Joseph T SMITH. A Review of the Life of Sir Hans Sloane. London, 1913.

Sir W JARDINE. Memoir of Sir Hans Sloane. London, 1843

Sloane's own publications:

Catalogus Plantorum quae in Insula Jamaica sponte proveniunt. London, 1696.

A Voyage to the Islands of Madera, Barbadoes, Nieves, St Christopher's, and Jamaica, with the Natural History of the last. London, 2 volumes, 1707 and 1725.

An Account of the most efficacious medicine for soreness, weakness, and several other distempers of the eyes. London, 1745.

The Will of Sir Hans Sloane. London, 1753.

Guides to the Manuscript Collections:

E J L SCOTT. Index to the Sloane Manuscripts. London, 1904, reprinted 1971. (ISBN 0 7141 0474 4 - order from the British Library).

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