'Sir H. Sloane', (1660-1753), 1830. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) Irish physician, naturalist and collector whose donations founded the British Museum, British Library and Natural History Museums in London. Elected to the Royal College of Physicians by age 27 he travelled to Jamaica, witnessed cruelty to slaves and discovered cocoa. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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