Browse by Records Creators

Sloane, Sir Hans, (1660-1753), Knight Physician Naturalist Collector of MSS and Books

This page summarises records created by this Person

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Surname: Sloane
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Hans
Gender: Male
Date: 1660-1753
Biography: ODNB link for Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753) Knight Physician Naturalist Collector of MSS and Books
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P132041 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26367 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Hans Sloane
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Sloane MSS; Add MS 29470
2
catalogues of natural history collections
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
3
1694-1733: papers rel to Jamaica plantations and re marriage settlement
Lincolnshire Archives
1-6, 9-10 Ancaster
NRA 5789 Willoughby
4
1692-1737: letters and papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5
c1697-99: letters from Duchess of Beaufort
Badminton Muniments
Fm
NRA 6282 Somerset
6
letters to Richard Richardson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Radciffe Trust c 1-11
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
copies of letters to and from Sloane, originals in the Linnean Society, Royal Society, Wellcome Institute and a library in Gottingen, also an account of Slone's life from the British Library
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L MSS SLO
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
8
1706-1727: (copies) of letters from Sir Hans Sloane to Johann Jacob Scheuchzer
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L MSS SCH
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)