Letter 3754

Johann Eberhard Rau to Hans Sloane – April 12, 1730


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Date: April 12, 1730
Author: Johann Eberhard Rau
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 17-18



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Johann Eberhard Rau (1695-1770) was a Protestant theologian and professor. He studied at the University of Marburg and was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin for his scientific achievements in 1729. He received a professorship at the University of Frankfurt in 1746 (Otto Friedrich, “Rau, Johann Eberhard”, in: General German Biography (1888), S. 379-380 [Online version]; URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd131494376.html?anchor=adb).




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