Question

Hans Sloane was an Englishman whose collected

artifacts became the foundation of the British
Museum. Which statement about Sloane is correct?
A
He was a socially prominent physician and traveler.
B
He was the first scholar to study outside of Europe.
с
He was a founding member of the British Parliament.
D
He was the first historian to write about other cultures.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. He was a socially prominent physician and traveler.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sir Hans Sloane was a British physician from Ulster. From his early youth, he collected plants, minerals and various natural peculiarities. He studied medicine for four years in London, but his interests were mainly focused on botany and pharmacy. He later traveled to France, where he spent some time at the universities of Paris and Montpellier. Upon his return to England, he was soon elected to the Royal Society. In 1687 he became a fellow of the College of Physicians and traveled to Jamaica. In 1741, Sloane retired, devoting himself to developing his collection of "oddities". After his death, the collection was the base of the collections of the British Museum established in 1753.