Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles FRS FRAS (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East...
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after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It is the flagship property of Raffles Hotels & Resorts, and is managed...
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The History of Java is a book written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and published in 1817. It describes the history of the island of Java from ancient...
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Sophia Hull (redirect from Sophia Raffles)
Stamford Raffles, two sons and three daughters: Charlotte Raffles (daughter) (1818–1822) Leopold Raffles (son) (1819–1821) Stanford Marsden Raffles (son)...
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103.85056°E / 1.28778; 103.85056 Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819. The...
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History of Java, by Thomas Stamford Raffles (1817) A Javanese chief, in his ordinary dress, The History of Java, by Thomas Stamford Raffles (1817) A Javanese...
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Tupaia (mammal) (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Tupaiidae that was first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1821. The name of this genus was provided by Raffles and derives from the Malay word tupai...
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Olivia Mariamne Devenish (redirect from Olivia Mariamne Raffles)
died in 1800, and in 1805 in London to Thomas Stamford Raffles. It was commonly said that her second husband, Raffles, was helped in his career through her...
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Binturong (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
"weasel". Viverra binturong was the scientific name proposed by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1822 for a specimen from Malacca. The generic name Arctictis...
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1300-1800. NUS Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-9971695743. Dr John Leyden; Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1821). Malay Annals. pp. 47–48. John N. Miksic (November 15, 2013)...
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November 2021. Sophia Raffles; Thomas Stamford Raffles (1830). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. John Murray...
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British force under Minto. He appointed Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles as lieutenant governor of Java. Raffles carried further the administrative centralisation...
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Thomas-Stamford-Bingley-Raffles? https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw05193/Sir-Thomas-Stamford-Bingley-Raffles? Boulger...
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Sun bear (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Ursus malayanus was proposed by Stamford Raffles in 1821; he first described a sun bear from Sumatra. In 1825, Thomas Horsfield placed the species in...
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Thomas Raffles. Adams, Richard W. (2020). "Thomas Raffles". hymntime.com. The Cyber Hymnal. Retrieved 16 September 2020. Raffles, Thomas Stamford (1864)...
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'Singapura'. In 1818, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the British colony at Bencoolen. Raffles believed that the British...
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William Farquhar (section Further dispute with Raffles)
the Island of Singapore". Raffles, Sophia, Lady (2013). Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles : particularly in the government...
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Black-crested Sumatran langur (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
loss. The black Sumatran langur, black-and-white langur, Sarawak surili, Raffles' banded langur and mitered langur were formerly considered subspecies of...
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Crimson sunbird (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Aethopyga Species: A. siparaja Binomial name Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles, 1822)...
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ISBN 979-690-360-1. Raffles, Sophia (1835). "Chapter V". Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Vol. I. J. Duncan. Meinsma...
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ruins at Trowulan had been discovered by the 19th century. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java, Governor-General of Bencoolen...
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"Budur" in 1365. Stamford Raffles mentioned "Bóro Bódo" and described the temple in his 1817 book on Javan history. In a footnote, Raffles says, "Bóro is...
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Crab-eating macaque (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity, under the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough". Transactions of the...
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astonished me." — Stamford Raffles, Extensive Speculations of the Chinese, Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles Singapore, January...
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the cemetery area are Olivia Mariamne Raffles – the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles - and Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok...
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Lesser mouse-deer (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Tragulidae Genus: Tragulus Species: T. kanchil Binomial name Tragulus kanchil Raffles, 1821...
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natural history specimens on behalf of the governor and friend Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. In 1816, Java was restored to the Dutch and Horsfield moved west...
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Cream-coloured giant squirrel (category Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles)
Richard., Tan, Hugh T. W., Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet in association with Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research...
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Stamford Road was named after the modern founder of Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles. The road used to house the Saint Andrew's School from the late...
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and the British sent Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to lead this colony with the position of Lieutenant Governor General. Raffles tried to get support from...
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