| Authorised form of name | Slare; Frederick (c1647 - 1727); chemist and physician |
| Other forms of surname | Slear |
| Dates | c 1647 - 1727 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Northamptonshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c 1647 |
| Date of death | 12 September 1727 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Old, Northamptonshire, England, Europe (early 1648)
Burial:
In the cemetery adjoining Greenwich churchyard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Utrecht; MD (1679); Incorporated at Oxford (1680); Incorporated at Cambridge (1681)
Career:
Worked under Robert Boyle (FRS 1663) as an amanuensis and in his laboratory (1670s); Practised in London; retired to Bath (1715)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1685); Society for the Propagation of the Gospel |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/12/1680 |
| Proposer | Theodore Haak |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council 1682, 1684, 1687-1688, 1690, 1693, 1699; Chemistry Curator (1683) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Demonstrated his experiments with phosphorous substances (1683; 1685);
Had a variety of papers on chemistry published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1680s-1690s) |
| Relationships | Parents: Frederick Schloer and Anna Malory
Siblings: Jane Slare
Additional relatives: father's cousin Theodore Haak (FRS 1663) |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: R63781
RCN: R63778 |
| OtherInfo | Slare's work with Robert Boyle (FRS 1663) involved phosphorescent substances, contributing to Boyle's publication on the matter in 1680. His particular research focus was the application of chemical theory to physiology and medicine and he also showed an interest in the therapeutic effects of mineral waters. His book 'An Account of the Pyrmont Waters' (1717) was written on this topic.
Slare was a member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). SPG was formed in 1701 and was a Church of England missionary organisation aiming to establish new churches in colonised regions, limiting the influence of, for example, Quakers and converting Native Americans and free and enslaved Africans and African Americans to Christianity. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster; Innes Smith; ODNB
References:
Boas Hall, M. 1992. 'Frederick Slare, FRS (1648-1727), in Notes and Records, vol. 46, pp. 23-41 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/120836054 |
| Code | NA4607 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/6/82 | 'A short Account of some Experiments made with Saliva Humana' by Frederick Slare | 18 November 1685 |
| RBO/6/84 | Account by Frederick Slare | 1685 |
| RBO/7/66 | Tables showing the numbers of marriages, christenings, burials in 1695 in Frankfurt on the Maine by Frederick Slare | 1695 |
| RBO/6/7 | 'Experiments about Freezing' by Frederick Slare | nd |
| RBO/6/61 | 'Dr Slare's Discovery of an uncommon Concrete found in the Distillation of Vegetables' | 25 February 1684 |
| IM/004216 | Slare, Frederick | 1995 |
| LBO/16/33 | Copy letter from Frederick Slare, Bath, to Hans Sloane | 10 February 1713/1714 |
| LBO/15/10 | Copyletter from Frederick Slare, Bath, to Hans Sloane | 15 June 1713 |
| CLP/9i/38 | Paper, 'Experiments of Irish slate' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | 1680s |
| CLP/23ii/71 | Letter, from Dr [Frederick] Slare | 7 June 1727 |
| CLP/22i/27 | Paper, Account of 'Chrysaejae magister' by Frederick Slare | 17th century |
| CLP/9i/37 | Paper, 'Experiments of Dr Slare' by [Frederick] Slare | 25 April 1683 |
| CLP/11i/30 | Paper, 'The qualifications necessary to make a body volatile taken out of Mr [Robert] Boyle's mechanical origine of volatility' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1680s] |
| RBO/6/81 | 'Dr Slare Experiments made on the Mineral Kobalt in Order to the discovering the Nature of Zaffer' | 15 July 1685 |
| CLP/11i/29 | Paper, 'Of vegetable salts' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1685] |
| CLP/11i/33 | Paper, 'A farther triall of the said stones by chymicall distillation' by [Frederick Slare] | [1687] |
| CLP/11i/26 | Paper, 'About the volatile salt of humn [human] blood and the bark' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1683] |
| CLP/11i/35 | Paper, 'On the zaffora' by Frederick Slare | [1685] |
| CLP/11i/32 | Paper, 'A short examen of the stones sent the R [Royal] Society from Boarne, whereof an account is given in the last Transaction' by Frederick Slare | [1686] |
| CLP/4i/46 | Paper, 'Experiments about freezing' read by Dr [Frederick] Slare | 26 March 1684 |
| EL/S2/37 | Letter, from Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane, dated at Bath | 10 February 1714 |
| CLP/11i/25 | Paper, 'Experiments' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1683] |
| CLP/11i/29/1 | Manuscript, 'Of vegetable salts' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1685] |
| CLP/11i/23 | Paper, 'The analogy betwixt lightning and the phosphorus under water' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | nd |
| CLP/11i/39 | Paper, 'An experiment made before the President and fellows of the Royal Society in which a surprizeing change of color from a pale transparent or clear liquor to a very blew ceruleous one was exhibited, and that in an instant, by the admission of aire only: applyd to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals' by Fr [Frederick] Slare | [1693] |
| CLP/11i/29/2 | Plate, uncommon concrete by [Frederick Slare] | [1685] |
| CLP/11ii/12 | Paper, 'Remarks lately publish'd in Germany by an anonimous [sic] author concerning Pyrmont waters in answer to a treatise wrote by Dr Slare' by unknown author | 1726 |
| CLP/11i/34 | Paper, 'A short account of some experiments made with saliva humana' by Frederick Slare | [1680s] |
| CLP/15i/42 | Paper, 'An account of an upupa, or hoopoe' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | September 1691 |
| EL/F2/5 | Letter, from George Francus to Frederick Slare, dated at Wittenberg | 1694 |
| EL/W3/61 | Letter, from Wincler to Frederick Slare | 22 December 1682 |
| EL/S2/38 | Paper, an Examen of the Chalybeat or spa water, called by the Germans Acid or Sowre Brunns, or fountains but proved to be of the contrary nature that is Alkalis by Frederick Slare | 1713 |
| EL/S2/36 | Letter, from Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane, dated at Bath | 15 June 1713 |
| EL/S2/40 | Letter, from Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane | nd |
| RBO/6/11 | Experiments by Frederick Slare | 28 March 1683 |
| CLP/11i/22 | Paper, 'Of oyl of vitr [vitriol]' by Dr [Frederick] Slare | 1683 |
| CLP/11i/24 | Paper, regarding a chemical analysis of urine of a healthy man by Dr [Frederick] Slare | [1683] |
| RBO/6/1 | 'A Discourse about the Calculus Humanus' made by Frederick Slare | 12 December 1683 |
| RBO/6/83 | 'Dr Slare's Observations about the Smelling Water at Hogsdon' | 1685 |
| RBO/7/45 | 'An Account of a Ruminateing Man lately liveing at Bristol' given to the Royal Society by Frederick Slare | nd |