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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles FRS FRAS (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) [1] [2] was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824.
Sir Stamford Raffles (born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam.—died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.) was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819), who was largely responsible for the creation of Britain’s Far Eastern empire. He was knighted in 1816.
Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England) 1 is known as the founder of modern Singapore.
Two hundred years ago, an important treaty was negotiated by the Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, leading to the establishment of the British colony of Singapore.
Sir Stamford Raffles, (born July 6, 1781, at sea off Port Morant, Jam.—died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.), Administrator in the British East India Company and founder of Singapore.
Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) was a British East India Company Official who collected material from Java (in present-day Indonesia) and other parts of Asia while working in the region between 1805–1824.
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 knowledge of the Malay Archipelago and to the British overseas empire.
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore (now the Republic of Singapore), and is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire.
This book — written by Dr John Bastin, a leading authority on the study of Sir Stamford Raffles — offers an alternative biographical account of Raffles, as seen through his relationship with some of his closest friends and contemporaries.
Curator Alexandra Green takes a look at the life and collections of Sir Stamford Raffles, highlighting his collecting practices in Southeast Asia and his contested legacy.