Letter 1355

Chamberlayne informs Sloane that the Marquis de Rocjegarde, Mr Hales, and Mr Neufville would like to view his collection of rarities. He wants to know what time would be convenient for this tour. John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philsophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, “Chamberlayne, John (1668/9-1723)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).