Letter 2128

John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – November 20, 1716


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Date: November 20, 1716
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 247



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Chamberlayne writes that Montfaucon’s patron was pleased with his presentation to the Royal Society. He mentions plans to have weekly meetings promoting Christian knowledge at Crane Court. 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 (1668/91723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).




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