Posted on February 12, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
William Coward (b. 1656/7, d. in or before 1725) born in Winchester, Hampshire and moved to Oxford in 1674 where he became a commoner of Hart Hall before admitted to Wadan College as a scholar in 1675. He received his BA in 1677, MA in 1683, BM in 1685 and DM in 1687 then moved to Northampton to practice as a physician. In 1693/4 he moved to London and after publishing an honourable medical work he published a controversial work ‘Second Thoughts concerning the Human Soul’ in 1702 under the pseudonym Estibius Psychalethes. He continued to publish on this dangerous subject in response to criticism. His works were brought before the court in 1704 where they were deemed heretical and ordered to be burnt. Despite this, Coward continued to write on the topic and sought the assistance of Sir Hans Sloane for ‘Ophthalmiatria’
Reference;
Dario Pfanner, Coward, William (b. 1656/7, d. in or before 1725), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6488, accessed 18 July 2013].
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
John Woodward to Hans Sloane – April 13, 1722
Item info
Date: April 13, 1722
Author: John Woodward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 229
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[fol. 229] Gr. Coll. 13. Apr. 1722
Sr What you call a Bibliotheca Materiarum would be a Thing of very great Use: & I intreat you to set it forth. I’m satisfyd there’s no where, together, so great a Collection of Physick Books as you have: and, if I have any that you want, you may freely command them towards compleating so noble a Collection. You shall see my Catalogue whenever you please. Mean while, haveing a Dupl.at; from Sr. S of His Translation of Dr Astruc’s Tract of ye Plague, I cannot place it more fitly than wth you. Mr. Woolhouse, Sensible of yr Favours to Him, makes you frequent Offers of his service at Paris: his, I am sure, very sincere & hearty. I am Sr your very faithfull humble servant Woodward S.r H. Sloane
Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, “Woodward, John (1665/1668-1728)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
Posted on August 2, 2016 by Lisa Smith -
Paul Lorrain to Hans Sloane – May 6, 1709
Item info
Date: May 6, 1709
Author: Paul Lorrain
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 38
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Honred.
Next to my most humble & hearty
Thanks to you for your great Care of, & trouble
you are pleas’d so kindly to take about my poor
Wife, give me leave to acquaint you, that she has taken
twice ye last Potion you have prescribed for her,
viz. that made of Cort. Peru, aq: Cer: nig &c
But has forborn to take more till your farther
Advice be know (wch, If you think fit I pray
[…] will send, without further trouble to your self)
[…..] her Feaver, is abated & her Fits have not
[……..] since her last taking it; but chiefly because
[……] menstrua are now come upon her. I am
Hon’d Sir, Yor most humble &
most obliged servt
Paul Lorrain
Frid. noon May 6 1709
Large tear on bottom left hand. Lovely note after address, ‘with care’.
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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – December 23, 1708
Item info
Date: December 23, 1708
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 258-259
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Sibbald has published a new text that completes his previous work. He asks that Sloane communicate this to the Royal Society. He will soon send copies of the paper.
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]).
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Stanley was the 9th Earl of Derby, though he was without an official appointment after William of Orange’s Glorious Revolution (1688)
Reference:
John H. Rains, III, Stanley, William George Richard, ninth earl of Derby (16551702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40803, accessed 21 June 2013].
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Charles du Bois was a botanist working as the cashier-general of the East India Company. He became acquainted with other natural historians like James Petiver, William Sherard and Sloane, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1700
Reference:
B. D. Jackson, Dubois, Charles (bap. 1658, d. 1740), rev. P. E. Kell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8113, accessed 8 July 2013].
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – February 4, 1705/06
Item info
Date: February 4, 1705/06
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 129-130
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Books, Magnetism, Physics, Real Estate, Sound
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Date (as written)
February 4, 1705/06
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Upminster
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Others mentioned
Dr Wallis Mr Thorton
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 130]
Sr Upminster Feb. 4 1705/6
I have sent you your Mersenne, & one of
the 2 Vol. you lent me of the Acta Erudit., toge-
ther with a thousand thanks for the use of them.
You should sooner have read them but U have not
been nor sent to London since I saw you. If
my man finds you at home, I desire you will
come see me the Lr of Mr —— about Easter,
remember you read to the Society when I
was last there, & wch the President took to examine
you shall have it again with all safety & speed. I have
looked over some collections I had on yt subject, and
I think am able to put all matters out of doubt
on that subject. Dr Wallis is certainly out in his
account, & Mr Thorton not fully right in his, wch
are published in the Transactions; & I want to
see what that Gent says in the Lr I desire of you
If you think a short Dissertation on that subject ground
and on undoubted Antiquity & the best Records would be
acceptable. I would draw it up & send you.
I herewith also send you a farther account of
some Magneticall experiments wch I take to be new
usefull & I hop will be [accep]table diversions to you & the
Society. I am perfecting my experiments about the flight of
Sounds, which are to be long. I intend to impart to the So-
ciety , & I hope to their satisfaction. Your matters are
well as Orset, only the Brewhouse wanteth some Rafters & Thatch
to defend that building again to the winter weather. I desire my
humble service may be accepted by your Lady. I am
Sr your much obliged humble servant
Wm Derham
This minute the
mans wife at Orset who
looks after your Farm is come
hither, & tells me yt there are 3 or 4
young Ashes cut down in your Grove, &
about as many young Elms in the Hedges.
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Portrait of John Locke, 1704. Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Wikimedia Commons
Reference:
J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013].
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Posted on March 17, 2017 by Amy Smith -
William Reading was appointed librarian of Sion College, London, in 1708 with the support of Bishop Compton and oversaw the expansion of its collection. He held lectureships at various London churches. Reading reorganised the collection, wrote a celebrated catalogue of its holdings (1724), and published works of ecclesiastical history as well as his own sermons.
Reference:
R. Julian Roberts, ‘Reading, William (1674-1744)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23237 [accessed 29 July 2013]).
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Posted on March 13, 2017 by Amy Smith -
James Salter was the owner of Salter’s Coffee House and at one time was a servant of Sir Hans Sloane. He accompanied the latter on his travels. His establishment was more commonly known as Don Saltero’s Coffee House and it was famous for its museum of curiosities from around the world.
Reference:
W. W. Wroth, ‘Salter, James (d. c.1728)’, rev. P. E. Kell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24569 [accessed 19 July 2013]).
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