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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Thomas Stamford Raffles, Sir
