MM
's friends included, in London, a number of scientists or natural philosophers: inventor Robert Hooke
(who often visited her, and with whom she discussed dreams), physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane
, and scholar...
Occupation
Judith Drake
JD
, practising medicine, had a complaint lodged against her by an aggrieved patient (for allegedly practising without proper qualifications) with Sir Hans Sloane
.
“The British Library Manuscripts Catalogue”. The British Library Website.
4047.38
Textual Features
Judith Drake
JD
's letter of self-defence to Sir Hans Sloane
, written on 1 September 1723 and sketching the nature and scope of her medical practice, shows a clear head, a blend of professional confidence with...
Timeline
1707: Hans Sloane, later President of the Royal...
Building item
1707
Hans Sloane
, later President of the Royal Society
, published the first volume of the work generally called Natural History of Jamaica, with its short, casual account of slavery, detailing but defending the...
1722: Sir Hans Sloane leased land at Chelsea from...
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
19 June 1725: Dorothy Stanley, née Milborne, published...
Women writers item
19 June 1725
Dorothy Stanley
, née Milborne, published by subscription Sir Philip Sidney
's Arcadia Moderniz'd, in four books (coinciding with the thirteenth edition of the original romance).
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Mitchell, Marea. “Dorothy Stanleys Enterprise: Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia Modernizd (1725)”. Sidney Journal, No. 28, 2010, pp. 63-76.
Mitchell, Marea. “Awakening Other Spirits: Dorothy Stanleys Arcadia and the Apparatus of Authorship”. Parergon, No. 29, 2012, pp. 113-31.
5 April 1753: The British Parliament paid the daughters...
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5 April 1753
The British Parliament paid the daughters of the late Sir Hans Sloane
£20,000 for his scientific collections. This transaction was previously laid out by Sloane's will from 20 July 1749.