Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – December 21, 1702
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Date: December 21, 1702 Author: Robert Sibbald Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: ff. 53-54
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English
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British Library, London
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Scholarship, Social
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Books, Natural History of Jamaica, Publishing
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December 21, 1702
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Ede [Edinburgh]
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George Buchanan
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Sibbald encloses a small commentary he published on the Life of Mr George Buchanan. He enjoyed Sloane’s History of Jamaica and compliments his contributions to learning. Sibbald was a physician and a geographer. He was physician to James VII (Charles W. J. Withers, Sibbald, Sir Robert (16411722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25496, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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