> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 645](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333784) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12871-1) LSID 12871-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310326) QID Q310326 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753), British physician and naturalist; studied in London, Paris, Montpellier; Dr. phys. Orange 1683; Fellow Royal College of Physicians 1687; accompanied Christopher Monck to Jamaica as physician 1687-1689; maintained a medical "praxis aurea" in London; physician to Queen Anne 1712; knighted 1716, president Royal College of Physicians 1719; president of the Royal Society 1727-1740; brought together a rich library and herbarium which became the nucleus of the British Museum. **Abbreviated name**: *Sloane* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sloane*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], kept separately. The Sloane herbarium, other collections, and manuscripts were purchased by the English government and placed at Montague House in 1754 (afterwards the British Museum). See Dandy (1958), Urban (1902). Some further material in [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection LE|LE]]. – *Letters*, manuscripts and library at [[Collection BM|BM]] (Bloomsbury). – For index to manuscripts see E.J.C. Scott (1904). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 287 (b. 16 Apr 1660, d. 11 Jan 1752); BB p. 278; Blunt p. 136, 145; BM 4: 1939-1940, 8: 1201-1202; Bossert p. 371; Bret. p. 32; Clokie p. 245; Desmond p. 563-564; De Toni 1: cxvi; DNB 52(18): 379-380; Dryander 3: 129, 183, 241, 366, 501, 502, 506, 545; DSB 12: 456-459 (G. de Beer); GF p. 76; GR p. 755; Henrey 2: 740 (index); Herder p. 60, 226; Jackson p. 370; Lasègue p. 11, 487, 584 \[index\]; LS 24937-24938; ME 3: 336; NI 1854, 2: 314, 3: 62; Plesch p. 408-409; PR 8722-8723, ed. 1 : 7931, 9701-9702; Quenstedt p. 401; Rehder 5: 803; SO 2492-2493; Sotheby 704; TL-1/747, 1231-1232 and see indexes; TL-2/2687, 2801, 4806, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 654. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 290 \[index\]. 1976. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 223: 195-196. 1964; Hist. Acad. r. Soc., Paris 1753: 305-320. 1757 (éloge); J. Inst. Jamaica 1: 223. 1893 (on portr.); Nature 171: 64-65. 1953. - Barnhart J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 30: 155-156. 1929 (biogr. not.). - Beer, G.R. de, Not. Rec. Roy. Soc. London 10: 81-84. 1953; Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum, 1953, 192 p. (biogr. portr.). - Beer, G.R. de et al., Brit. Mus. Quart. 18(1): 1-26. 1953 (on Sloane's various coll. at BM-Bloomsbury). - Berkeley, E. & D.S., Dr. Alexander Garden 66, 90, 328. 1963; John Clayton 235 \[index\]. 1963; Dr. John Mitchell 282 \[index\]. 1974. - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 96, 104, m-113. 1971 (on L. and Sloane). - Braunholtz, H.J. Sir Hans Sloane and ethnography, London 1970, 47 p. (bibl., portr., facs.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 437 \[index\]. 1980 (on mss.). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 43: 121-122. 1905 (herb.). - Brooks, E., St. John, Hermathena 81: 3-13. 1953. - Cameron, H.C., Sir Joseph Banks 113, 150, 158. 1953 (coll.). - Carruthers, E.N., Irish natural. J. 13: 197-200. 1961 (memorial stone). - Chance, R., Ann. med. Hist. ser. 2. 10: 390-404. 1938. - Church, A.H., The Sherard letters 4. s.d. (letters 454-457 at Roy. Soc). - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 391 \[index\]. 1969. - Dandy, J.E., The Sloane herbarium. An annotated list of the horti sicci composing it, with biographical accounts of the principal contributors (main inventory and description of BM-Sl., based on records assembled by J. Britten). - Darlington, W., Memorials 69, 81, 92, 142, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 158, 160, 163, 165, 170, 171, 173, 175, 302, 306, 324. 1849 (contacts with N. Amer. bot.). - Dewhurst, K., Irish J. med. Sci. 413: 201-212. 1960 (corr. with John Locke). - Drewitt, F.D., Apothec. Garden 105 \[index\]. 1921 (Sloane presented the Chelsea garden to the Apothecaries). - Earnest, E., John and William Bartram 20, 22, 41, 73-74. 1940. - Edwards, P.I., Proc. bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 4: 136-151. 1961 (on Britsh coll. in Sloane herbaria); J. S. Afr. Bot. 34: 243-253. 1968 (on Sloane mss. 5286 with ills. of Cape pl.); *in* A. Wheeler & J.H. Price, eds., History in the service of systematics 27-35. 1981 (Sl. and his curious friends). - Egerton, F.N., Not. Rec. Roy. Soc. 25: 59-77. 1970 (Sl. and R., Bradley). - Ewan, J., *in* P. Smit and R.J.C.V. ter Laage, Essays in biohistory 23, 24, 26-29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 50, 51. 1971 (Regn. veg. 71; plant collectors in America). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 48, 89. 1969. - Ewan, J. & N., John Banister 484 \[index\]. 1970. - Fagin, N.B., Wiliam Bartram 6, 19. 1933. - Francis, F., Library Ass. Rec. 63(1): 1-5. 1961 (Sloane as a collector). - Fries, T.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(4): 6, 197. 1910, 1(5): 259. 1911. - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 50-53. 1981 (biogr. sketch, portr., S. Afr. coll. acquired by Sloane). - Gunther, A.E., The founders of science at the British Museum, 1753-1900, 1-4. 1980. - Harcourt, E.V., A sketch of Madeira. 1851 (has "Sir Hans Sloane's list of plants..." with Linnaean equivalents). - Hawks, E., Pioneers plant study 213-219. 1928. - Hitchcock, A.S., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 12: 113-158. 1908 (on Cat. pl. Jamaica). - Howard, R.A., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 67-71, 86-92. 1979 (on Sloane's collections from Barbados). - Hulth, J.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(8): 27, 28, 32. 1922, 2(1): 50, 101, 214, 309, 328. 1926. - Hulth, J.M. & A.H. Uggia, Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(2): 45, 46, 49, 144. 1943. - Jacquot, J., Not. Rec. Roy. Soc. London 10: 85-98. 1953 (Sl. and French scientists). - Jahn, M.E., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 7(1): 19-27. 1974 (J. Woodward, H. Sloane and J.G. Scheuchzer, a re-examination). - J.D., *in* W. Swainson, Taxidermy 326-329. 1840. - Karsten, M.C., The old Company's garden at the Cape 71, 77, 78, 82, 83, 98, 99. 1951 (S. Afr. coll.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 78. 1957 (coll.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 245. 1984 (Brit. coll.). - Lawrence, G.H.M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (Sloane letters at HU). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Indx pers. names vols. 1-30. 676. 1985. - Michaelis, J.D., Uitgezogte Verhandelingen uit de nieuwste werken van de Societeiten der Wetenschappen in Europa 1: 1-17. 1757 (obit.); Comm. Soc. reg. Sci. Gott., 4: 503-511. 1754. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr. lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 942. 1863. - Pulteney, R., Sketches 2: 66. 1790. - Richardson, R., Extracts lit. sci. corr. 43, 45, 162. 1835. - Scott, E.J.C., Index to the Sloane manuscripts in the British Museum, 1904, viii, 583 p. - Sloan, W.R., Sir Hans Sloane Founder of the British Museum. Legend and Lineage. 1981, xii, 134, xliv p., charts. - Smith, E., Life Joseph Banks 13, 66, 98. 1911 (coll.). - Stafleu, F.A., Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 383 \[index\]. 1971 (on Sl. and Linnaeus); *in* N.J. Jacquin, Sel. stirp. amer. hist., facs. ed. 1971, p. F22. - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold. Arb. 46: 270-271. 1965 (biogr. not.); Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 411 \[index\]. 1981. - St. John Brooks, W.E., Sir Hans Sloane. The great collector and his circle, London 1954. - Sweet, J.M., Nat. Hist. Mag. 5: 49-64, 97-116, 145-164. 1935 (Life and mineral collection). - Thomson, W.W.D., Ulster med. J. 7: 1-17. 1938. - Tjaden, H., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 8(1): 74-77. 1976 (further inf. on relation with J.G. Scheuchzer). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 154-157. 1898, 3: 130-131. 1902. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 8, 56, 166, 335. 1937, 4: 402. 1938, 5: 26. 1939. - Wittrock, V.B., Act. Horti Berg. 3(2): 97-98. 1903, 3(3): 82. 1905 (on portr.). - Woodward, B.B., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 48. 1904 (mss. catalogues nat. hist. coll. Sloane at BM(NH)). #### Eponymy *Sloanea* Linnaeus (1753); *Sloaneaecarpum* K. Rasky (1962); *Sloaneopsis* O. Kuntze (1903). ### Publications ##### n.12.103. Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica sponte proveniunt **Title** *Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica sponte proveniunt*, vel vulgò coluntur, cum earundem synonymis & locis natalibus; adjectis aliis quibusdam quae in insulis Maderae, Barbados, Nieves & Sancti Christophori nascuntur. Seu prodromi historiae naturalis Jamaicae pars prima. Autore Hans Sloane,... Londini (impensis D. Brown, ...) 1696. Oct.(in fours). †. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Jamaica*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1696, p. \[i\*\], \[i-vii\], 1-232, \[index 43 p., sign. Gg1-Mm2\]. *Copies*: B-S, MO, NY, U, USDA; IDC 5327. – Referred to by Linnaeus as *Sloane flor*. "since "Catalogue, seems to me an unworthy name for a Flora, which demands more labour than a mere catalogue" (Linnaeus, Crit. Bot. no. 322, transl. Hort.). – See Hitchcock (1908), and Urban (1898) for further notes. *Later editions*: *in* J. Ray, Syn. meth. stirp. britt. ed. 2 (1696) and ed. 3 (1724) q.v. ##### n.12.104. A voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica **Title** *A voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica*, with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life. By Hans Sloane, M.D.... In two volumes, London (printed by B.M. for the author) 1707-1725. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. Jamaica*. **Notes** *1*: 1707, p. \[i\*-xvi\*\], i-cliv, 1-264, \[265, err.\], *pl. 1-4, 1-156*. *2*: 1725, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], i-xviii, 1-499 \[467/468 missing\], *pl. 5-11, 157-274*. *Copies*: FH, G, HU, MO, PH, USDA; IDC 5328. – For an extensive collation and many further notes see HU 417; further studies Urban (1898), Hitchcock (1908), Dandy (1958, p. 27, 204-206). – The plates are copper engr. by Savage; almost all plates of vol. 1 are botanical, of vol. 2 pl. 157-232. – For Madera plants see e.g. Harcourt.