1st Baronet. Ulster-Scot physician and collector, notable for bequeathing his collection to the British nation which became the foundation of the British Museum.
1st Baronet. Ulster-Scot physician and collector, notable for bequeathing his collection to the British nation which became the foundation of the British Museum.
Inscription
"In memory of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart, President of the Royal Society and of the Collage of Physicians, who died in the year of our Lord 1753, the ninety-second year of his age, without least pain of body, and with a conscious serenity of mind eniled [sic] a virtuous and beneficent life. This monument was erected by his two daughters, Elizabeth Cadogan and Sarah Stanley".
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