View Full Version : Hans Sloane
Ashberto
11-23-2015, 01:07 PM
Botanist, physician, and collector of artefacts that became the basis of the British Museum. And Natural History Museum. Made a recipe for milk chocolate that was later used by Cadburys. Founding governer of the Foundling Hospital. Donation of grounds for the Chelsea Physic (healing) Garden. Has a plant genus named after him by Carl Linnaeus himself. Sloane Square named after him.
One Wilf Copping
11-23-2015, 01:33 PM
Not to mention a genus of moth in his honour – the rather unfortunately named Urania Sloanus
Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler
11-23-2015, 01:55 PM
The milk chocolate thing was the clue.
Luis Anaconda
11-23-2015, 02:06 PM
7evens
11-23-2015, 02:08 PM
http://www.filmuforia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sloane_3-e1364130931411.jpg
Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler
11-23-2015, 02:09 PM
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.3 Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.