Posted on August 23, 2017 by Tallulah Pepperell -
Gottfried Sellius (1704-1767) was a German academic, translator, and initiator of the project that led to the production of the Encyclopédie. He studied at Marburg and Leiden and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733
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Gottfried Sellius to Hans Sloane, 1733-07-20, Sloane MS 4053, f. 13, British Library, London.
Gottfried Sellius, Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Sellius, accessed 23/08/17]
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Posted on April 12, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Christian Friedrich Weichmann (1698-1770) was a German jurist, poet, and journalist. He received his BCL at Oxford and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society during a visit to England in 1728. Weichmann was a Privy Councillor to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg.
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(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Weichmann [accessed 12 April 2017]).
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Posted on April 12, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Lorenz Heister (1683-1758) was a German anatomist, surgeon, and botanist. In 1711 he was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Altdorf. In 1720 he was professor of anatomy and surgery at Helmstedt. He coined the word ‘tracheotomy’ in 1718.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_Heister [accessed 13 April 2017]).
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Posted on April 13, 2017 by Amy Smith -
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
John Chandler to Hans Sloane – October 22d 1734
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Date: October 22d 1734
Author: John Chandler
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 297
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Chandler is writing to Sloane as a stranger to him and offers him his services and would like to arrange a visit. Chandler mentions a good friend Mr. Bogdani, who is also a friend of Sloane’s, Chandler would like some of his theories to be passed on to the Royal Society if Sloane deems it worthy. He is also happy to just communicate it to Sloane, a gentleman so well esteemed by lovers of learning and philosophy, whose acquaintance with nature and with particular skill in all physical subjects.
John Chandler (1699/1700-1780) apothecary, was partners with Smith and Newsom at the corner of King Street and Cheapside, London. He published on finding a cure for Small Pox and read papers to the Royal Society and became fellow in 1735.
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
J. Delacoste to Hans Sloane – July 2, 1722
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Date: July 2, 1722
Author: J. Delacoste
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 256-257
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Medical, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Amerindians, Books, Martinique, Medicines, Sorcery, West Indies
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Date (as written)
July 2, 1722
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Origin (as written)
Bath
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Delacoste sends an excerpt from ‘the 2d Vol. of Labat’s nouveau voyage aux Isles Franc: de L’Amerique. Paris. 1722. pag: 50. etc.’ He hopes Sloane finds it interesting. It regards ‘What he [the author] calls, Pierre verte des Caraibes’, a group of people in the West Indies. The passage, in French, suggests they came from the Amazon River. They are like savages, poor, and in want of better lives. Labat describes the people in detail, including information on the methods they use to combat disease, one of which is a remedy for stones tested on ‘un Jeune Negre en 1700’. Some of the information was gathered in Martinique. Delacoste is amazed to read that Amerindians have methods of treating disease and thinks it is worth investigating: ‘If half of what this author affirms be true, You must know it, if any body.’ Some of the stories in the book sounded like sorcery to Delacoste, but since it was written by a priest there should be some truth in it. He would like Sloane’s opinion of the book.
J. Delacoste was a physician. He practiced in Bath and Paris.
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Louis Phelypeaux to Hans Sloane – July 13, 1712
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Date: July 13, 1712
Author: Louis Phelypeaux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 58
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Phelypeaux plans on sending some ‘physical curiosities’ to Sloane with Dr Chateauneuf, ‘comm’re dela marine’. He hopes Sloane will accept them. They were taken from a pirate ‘de DunKerque’.
Louis Phelypeaux (1672-1725), Marquis de La Vrilliere, was a French politician. He served as Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs from 1700, acted as Head of the Department of the Maison du Roi, and worked in the Navy Ministry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Ph%C3%A9lypeaux,_marquis_de_La_Vrilliere).
Posted on February 18, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Johann Ernst Grabe (1666 to 1711), also known as John Ernest Grabe, was a professor of theology and history. He studied Christian religious conflicts, was ordained in 1700, and was Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Grabe.
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Posted on February 18, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was a French botanist who developed the idea of taxonomically organizing plants according to the concept of genus. He published the famous Elements de botanique (1694) and travelled the Mediterranean and Caucuses to research their flora from 1700 to 1702.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pitton_de_Tournefort.
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Posted on April 16, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Jacob Serenius (1700-1776) was the Bishop of Strengnäs in Sweden. He served as a Lutheran pastor to a congregation in London between 1728 to 1735.
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(http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Serenius [accessed 16 April 2017]).
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