Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane Bt FRS
Portrait by Stephen Slaughter
13th President of the Royal Society
In office 1727–1741
Preceded by	Isaac Newton
Succeeded by	Martin Folkes
President of the Royal College of Physicians
In office 1719–1735
Preceded by	John Bateman
Succeeded by	Thomas Pellett
Personal details
Born	(1660-04-16)16 April 1660 Killyleagh, Ireland
Died	11 January 1753(1753-01-11) (aged 92) London, England
Resting place	Chelsea Old Church
Nationality	British
Known for	Physician Philanthropist Entrepreneur Investor Chelsea Physic Garden British Museum[1] Sloane Square Sloane's drinking chocolate
Spouse	Elisabeth Sloane (née Langley)
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society (1685)

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet FRS (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London.^[2][3] He was elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24.^[4] Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27.^[5] Though he is credited with the invention of chocolate milk, it is more likely that he learned the practice of adding milk to drinking chocolate while living and working in Jamaica.^[6] Streets and places were later named after him, including Hans Place, Hans Crescent, and Sloane Square in and around Chelsea, London – the area of his final residence – and also Sir Hans Sloane Square in Killyleagh, his birthplace in Ulster.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}