History of Medicine Section of RAMI and The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Sir Hans Sloane MD: the Irishman who collected the World Dr Robert G W Anderson, President of the Science History Institute, Philadelphia Wednesday 14 th March 2018 at 6.30pm Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) created one of the most remarkable collections ever made by a private individual. Born in Killyleagh in County Down, he developed an early interest in natural history. As a young man, he studied medicine in London and Paris, and spent a year in Jamaica. Back in London he became a fashionable and wealthy physician, succeeding Sir Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society. As a collector, his activities seemingly had no disciplinary boundaries. He bequeathed his collection to an unenthusiastic government and it had to be by means of a lottery that the British Museum was founded. Admission is free but please register at: https://www.rami.ie/event/history-medicine-section- wednesday-14th-march-2018/
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History of Medicine Section of RAMI and The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Sir Hans Sloane MD:
the Irishman who collected the World
Dr Robert G W Anderson,
President of the Science History Institute, Philadelphia
Wednesday 14th March 2018 at 6.30pm
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland,
6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) created one of the most remarkable collections ever made by
a private individual. Born in Killyleagh in County Down, he developed an early interest in
natural history. As a young man, he studied medicine in London and Paris, and spent a year
in Jamaica. Back in London he became a fashionable and wealthy physician, succeeding Sir
Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society. As a collector, his activities seemingly had
no disciplinary boundaries. He bequeathed his collection to an unenthusiastic government
and it had to be by means of a lottery that the British Museum was founded.
Admission is free but please register at: https://www.rami.ie/event/history-medicine-section-
wednesday-14th-march-2018/
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