Hans Sloane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Sloane

Irish botanist and doctor

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1660

Place of Birth: Killyleagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1753

Profession: physician, zoologist, ornithologist, numismatist, botanist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist and collector noted for bequeathing his collection of 71,000 items to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library and the Natural History Museum, London.
He was elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24.
Sloane traveled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publishings years later.
Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians by age 27.
He is credited with creating drinking chocolate.His name was later used for streets and places such as Hans Place, Hans Crescent, and Sloane Square in and around Chelsea, London – the area of his final residence – and also for Sir Hans Sloane Square in his birthplace in Ireland, Killyleagh.