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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Stamford-RafflesSir Stamford Raffles | British Colonial Agent & Founder of...

    5 days ago · 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.

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      In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles, under the authority of...

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  4. www.straitstimes.com › singapore › politicsDesmond Lee on Fort Canning statues: Singapore built on colonial...

    4 days ago · The artwork, titled Scholars In Conversation: Sir Stamford Raffles & Dr Nathaniel Wallich, was donated by the Singapore chapter of the alumni of the University of East Anglia, and accepted by the ...

  5. www.channelnewsasia.com › singapore › fort-canning-parkRaffles, Wallich statues in Fort Canning: Singapore does not...

    4 days ago · The artwork was unveiled on May 21, 2024 at the site of the first botanical and experimental garden established by Sir Stamford Raffles and Danish botanist, Dr Nathaniel Wallich, in Fort Canning Park.

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  7. theconversation.com › the-singapore-stones-carvings-haveThe Singapore Stone’s carvings have been undeciphered for...

    Jun 10, 2024 · Even Sir Stamford Raffles, the British East Indian administrator and founder of Singapore, worked on it, trying to understand its text. After its destruction, the three recovered...

  8. www.mnd.gov.sg › newsroom › speechesWritten answer by Ministry of National Development on...

    5 days ago · The artwork featuring a pair of life-size bronze figures, titled “Scholars in Conversation: Sir Stamford Raffles and Dr Nathaniel Wallich”, was unveiled on 21 May 2024 at Canning Rise in Fort Canning Park. This was the site of Singapore’s first botanical and experimental garden, which was established by Raffles and Wallich in 1822.

  9. www.robbreport.com.sg › raffles-bostonInside Raffles Boston: the Singapore icon’s first US opening

    4 days ago · The city’s Back Bay neighbourhood plays host to a dazzling new jewel in the hospitality giant’s crown. When Stamford Thomas Raffles planted his flag into the soil of a speck of rainforest-coated land at the foot of the Malay Peninsula, in 1819, it’s unlikely he harboured an accurate picture of Singapore today: a metropolis hub whose 5.5 million-plus denizens mingle amongst cloud-nudging ...

  10. www.britannica.com › place › SingaporeSingapore - British Colony, Trade Hub, Modern City | Britannica

    4 days ago · In January 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles of the English East India Company, searching for a trading site, forestalled by the Dutch at Riau, and finding the Carimon (Karimun) Islands unsuitable, landed at Singapore.

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