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Charles Alston
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Charles Alston, (1685–1760), was a physician and botanist. He was the superintendent of the physic garden at the palace of Holyrood, which gave him the titles of king’s botanist and regius professor of botany, and a requirement to lecture at the garden. This was a position which he was to hold for life. He also became an MD in… Read more »
September 19, 2017
Thomas Lediard (Lediarde)
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Thomas Lediard (1685–1743) was an English writer and surveyor. Early in his life, he was attached to the staff of the Duke of Marlborough, particularly in 1707, on the occasion of the Duke’s visit to Charles XII of Sweden. He is assumed to have been there as a diplomat, an attaché to the embassy at Hamburg, seconded as a… Read more »
D. Colby
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D. Colby was an MD, of Rockingham, county Northamptonshire. He wrote letters to Sloane in 1732. Reference: Explore Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue, British Library, listing for Sloane MS 4075.
September 14, 2017
E. Coles
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The British Library lists E. Coles as a Medical Practitioner at Richmond, county Surrey. He wrote letters to Sloane between 1718 and 1726. Reference: E. Coles to Hans Sloane, 1718-10-28, Sloane MS 4075, f. 11, British Library, London Explore Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue, British Library, [Listing for Sloane MS 4075, accessed 20/09/2017]
Magnus Prince
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Magnus Prince wrote letter 4544 to Sloane. Aside from his being a physician, no other information is known about him. Reference: Magnus Prince to Hans Sloane, 1732-10-02, Sloane MS 4052, f. 192, British Library, London
September 3, 2017
Charles Erskine
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Charles Erskine (bap. 1680- 1763), was a judge and the President of the Scotch Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Reference: Charles Erskine to Hans Sloane, 1732-09-28, Sloane MS 4052, f. 191, British Library, London John W. Cairns, ‘Erskine, Charles, Lord Tinwald (bap. 1680, d. 1763)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8847, accessed 3 Sept 2017]
Charles Deering
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Charles Deering, (1695–1749), was a German botanist who lived and worked in England. He was an acquaintance of both Sloane and their mutual friend J. Dillenius. He was also a physician who developed a successful method of treating smallpox, but he ended up in poverty due to his short temper. Reference: Charles Deering to… Read more »
Diana Howard
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Diana Howard was the wife of Thomas Howard, however nothing else is known about either of them. Reference: Diana Howard to Hans Sloane, 1698-06-08, Sloane MS 4037, ff. 83-84, British Library, London
G. Medley
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G. Medley wrote letter 4535 to Sloane. Asides from an address in Spitalfields, nothing else is known about him. Reference: G. Medley to Hans Sloane, 1732-08-22, Sloane MS 4052, ff. 170-171, British Library, London
Clemina Pemberton
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Clemina Pemberton wrote letter 4526 to Sloane. No other information is known about her. Reference: Clemina Pemberton to Hans Sloane, 1732-07-29, Sloane MS 4052, ff. 153-154, British Library, London
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