Sloane Square in London named after him

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Sir Hans Sloane was an influential 17th–18th century physician, naturalist, and collector whose vast collections helped found the British Museum and whose name is commemorated in several London landmarks.

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instanceOf President of the Royal College of Physicians
President of the Royal Society
Royal Society fellow
collector
human
physician
associatedWith Chelsea Physic Garden NERFINISHED
birthDate 1660-04-16
birthPlace County Down NERFINISHED
Killyleagh NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Chelsea Old Churchyard NERFINISHED
collectedIn Caribbean NERFINISHED
collectionDonatedTo British Library NERFINISHED
British Museum NERFINISHED
Natural History Museum, London NERFINISHED
collectionsFormedBasisOf British Library NERFINISHED
British Museum NERFINISHED
Natural History Museum, London NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1753-01-11
eponymOf Hans Place NERFINISHED
Sloane Avenue NERFINISHED
Sloane Gardens NERFINISHED
Sloane Square NERFINISHED
Sloane Street NERFINISHED
familyName Sloane NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork botany
collecting
medicine
natural history
givenName Hans
hasMonumentIn Chelsea, London NERFINISHED
hasStatueAt Chelsea Physic Garden NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor foundational collections of the British Library
foundational collections of the British Museum
foundational collections of the Natural History Museum, London
large collection of books, manuscripts, and natural history specimens
popularizing drinking chocolate in Britain
promoting smallpox inoculation in Britain
memberOf Royal College of Physicians NERFINISHED
Royal Society
name Hans Sloane NERFINISHED
notableWork Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica NERFINISHED
occupation antiquary
collector
naturalist
physician
positionHeld President of the Royal College of Physicians
President of the Royal Society NERFINISHED
purchased Chelsea Physic Garden lease
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Chelsea, London NERFINISHED
spouse Elizabeth Langley NERFINISHED
traveledTo Jamaica NERFINISHED

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Sir Hans Sloane legacy Sloane Square in London named after him