 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 920 pages
...1719 he became president of the College of Physicians, and held the office sixteen years. In 1727 he succeeded Sir Isaac Newton in the presidential chair of the Royal Society ; he retired from it at the age of eighty, " much against the inclination of that respectable body, who... | |
 | British Museum (Natural History) - Natural history - 1906 - 142 pages
...physician in London, was for sir Hans sixteen years President of the Royal College of Physicians, sloaneand in 1727 succeeded Sir Isaac Newton in the Presidential Chair of the Eoyal Society. He was throughout his long life a diligent and miscellaneous collector, having, as stated... | |
 | British Museum (Natural History) - British Museum (Natural History) - 1913 - 150 pages
...years President of the Royal College of Physicians, S oane' and in 1727 succeeded Sir Isaac Newtou. in the Presidential Chair of the Royal Society. He...great labour and expense, gathered together whatever eould be procured, either in our own or foreign countries, that was rare and curious." His collection,... | |
 | Reginald Blunt - Chelsea (London, England) - 1921 - 360 pages
...you would be left in astonishment at the number of trains which people had to catch. Yet the man who succeeded Sir Isaac Newton in the presidential chair of the Royal Society, and who founded the British Museum, ought to be able to evoke some spark of interest. Let us see. The... | |
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Sir Hans Sloane, an eminent physician in London, was for sir Hans sixteen years President of the Royal College of Physicians, Sloanei and in 1727 succeeded Sir Isaac Newton in the Presidential Chair of the Royal Society. He was throughout his long life... 