Sir Hans Sloane was a seventeenth-century doctor and collector who amassed such a vast amount of material that it eventually formed the basis of our collection. Hans Sloane was born in 1660 Killyleagh ...

In his long life, the noted physician, scientist and collector Sir Hans Sloane amassed one of the greatest collections of plants, animals, antiquities, coins and many other objects of his time. Sloane ...

From the private collection of Sir Hans Sloane in 1753, the British Museum has grown to become one of the world's most ...