Silvanus Bevan ( 1691 - 1765 )

Birth: Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales (28 October 1691) Death: Hackney, Middlesex (05 June 1765) Burial: Bunhill Fields Profession: Apothecary Physician Education: Apprenticed to Thomas Mayleigh Career: A Quaker, he had an apothecary's business (from 1715) in partnership with his brother, Timothy (1736); later practised as a physician; he had a large library and notable garden at Hackney Memberships: Society of Apothecaries (1715) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/12/1725 Proposers: Henry Heathcote Council: 1729.