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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Born	July 6, 1781 Off the Coast of Jamaica
Died	July 5, 1826 (aged 44) London, England
Occupation	British Colonial Official
Known for	Founding Singapore

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.

With such names as Cecil Rhodes, Lord Curzon, and Lord Cromer, Raffles is all but synonymous with the British imperial project. Like Cromer and Curzon, he also wrote about the people over whom he ruled as well as making a significant contribution to natural history and biology.

He was a founder, and first President, of the London Zoological Society.

Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, to give him his full name, was the only son of Benjamin Raffles, who, at the.

Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, to give him his full name, was the only son of Benjamin Raffles, who, at the 2 LIFE OF SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES time of his.

Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: Particularly in the Government of Java, – and of Bencoolen and its Dependencies.

In October Stamford Raffles the Lieutenant-Governor of Java and an East India Company employee, was recalled to London to explain the.

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles looms large in the historical consciousness of.

His accumulated a large collection of natural history and Malayan folk-lore. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. While Rhodes takes credit for expanding the Empire in Africa, credit for expansion into the F