1725 Apothecary Silvanus Bevan

Silvanus Bevan (1691 - 1765) was born in Swansea, into a prosperous Welsh Quaker family. He was an apothecary, who founded the London firm of Allen & Hanburys. He left Swansea as a young man, and moved to Cheapside, in London. The business was founded in 1715 in Old Plough Court, Lombard Street, London. In the nineteenth century, under William Allen and the Hanbury family, Allen & Hanburys became one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in London. In 1725, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, on the proposal of Isaac Newton. Although he spoke Welsh badly, in 1762 he was elected a member of the Cymmrodorion.