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Definition of Sir thomas stamford raffles
1. Noun. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Literary usage of Sir thomas stamford raffles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"By sir thomas stamford raffles, Governor of 'Sumatra. Communicated in a Letter
to Sir Everard Home, Bart. VPRS Read May 18,1820. ..."
2. Six Discourses Delivered Before the Royal Society at Their Anniversary by Humphry Davy (1827)
"CHARACTERS OF TAYLOR COMBE, ESQ., AND sir thomas stamford raffles. ... Sir Thomas
Stamford Raffles ..."
3. The Natural History of Game-birds: Illustrated by Thirty-one Plates by William Jardine (1844)
"... MEMOIR OF sir thomas stamford raffles.» THE intention of these necessarily
short mémoire being to sketch the character, and detail the labours, ..."
4. The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year (1827)
"sir thomas stamford raffles, KNT. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES OF
... sir thomas stamford raffles was born on board the ship Anne, at sea, ..."
5. Around the World Through Japan by Walter Del Mar (1904)
"There is a monument to him in Westminster Abbey with the following inscription
on the pedestal: — "To the memory of sir thomas stamford raffles, LL. ..."
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