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When:
October 6, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
2014-10-06T18:30:00+01:00
2014-10-06T20:00:00+01:00
Where:
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
Kensington, London W8 4NR
UK
Hornton Street
Kensington, London W8 4NR
UK
Cost:
Free
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Hans Sloane served as President of the Royal College of Physicians, Secretary of the Royal Society and succeeded Sir Isacc Newton as President of the Royal Society. He revived publication of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society, which now stands as the world’s oldest learned and scientific journal. His collection was the foundation of the British Museum and he played a part in establishing Chelsea Physic Garden.
Taking part will be:
- Dr Arthur MacGregor formerly Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and author of the Oxford Electronic Dictionary of National Biography article on the life of Sir Hans Sloane.
- Ian Forster – an expert of the life and work of Hans Sloane, who will talk about Sloane’s range of scientific interest and their continuing relevance to contemporary science.
- Sarah Jayne Stanes O.B.E.– Chief Executive of Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and an expert on Chocolate, who will talk about Sloane’s role in perfecting the recipe for Chocolate, making it more palatable and popular and the medical benefits that Sloane believed chocolate consumption offered.