Letter 1259

Ezechiel de Spanheim to Hans Sloane – April 25, 1704


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Date: April 25, 1704
Author: Ezechiel de Spanheim
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 295-296



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De Spanheim asks Sloane for the two volumes of a botanical book. Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim).




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