Lisa Smith
I am a historian of early modern science and medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and have been working on the correspondence of Sir Hans Sloane, an eighteenth-century physician, botanist and collector, since 1997. As a PhD student I used the letters, which are held at the British Library, to find patients’ experiences. But more recently I’ve been fascinated by the problems of finding Sloane’s own voice, as few of the letters in the collection were written by Sloane! This blog will highlight the stories of patients, scientists, collectors — and, of course, Sloane — that are found in the letters. Sometimes, guest bloggers will also contribute. The Sloane Letters Blog is part of a bigger digital project, Sir Hans Sloane’s Correspondence Online, that aims to make the letters more accessible to researchers.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
Early Modern History Hans Sloane Networks Patients Collecting Medicine History of Medicine Royal Society Letter-writing Science Remedies Family History of Science Philosophical Transactions patronage Botany News Personal Life Scholarship Specimens
3 September 2017
Thomas Lediard (1685–1743) was an English writer and surveyor. Early in his life, he was attached to the staff of the Duke of Marlborough, particularly in 1707, on the...
3 September 2017
Charles Alston, (1685–1760), was a physician and botanist. He was the superintendent of the physic garden at the palace of Holyrood, which gave him the titles of...
3 September 2017
Giuseppe Monti (1682 – 1760) was an Italian chemist and botanist. He was a professor of botany and from 1722-1760 director of the Bologna Botanical Garden. Reference:...
3 September 2017
Charles Deering, (1695–1749), was a German botanist who lived and worked in England. He was an acquaintance of both Sloane and their mutual friend J. Dillenius. He was also a...