Raffles, Thomas Stamford
(1781–1826), British colonial official in Malaya. Thomas Stamford Raffles, the son of an English sea captain, was born in Jamaica in 1781. In 1795 he went to work for t...
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Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was an English colonial administrator, historian, and founder of Singapore. A man of vision, industry, and feeling, he made incalculable contributions to the kn...
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This statement is quite agreeable as after all, Raffles was mostly away at Bencoolen in West Sumatra, leaving the governing to Farquhar and Crawfurd. Although Raffles did leave orders, some of them we...
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Ask any person walking in Raffles Place "Who founded Singapore"" and he would probably look at you astonished and reply, "Raffles, lor" (excuse the slang). It is quite hard for anyone to think otherwi...
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Raffles, Thomas Stamford
Thomas Stamford Raffles, Sir
Raffles Contribution to Singapore
