Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, 1819, and some of his friends and contemporaries
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1918
Information About
The author culls from various sources, such as Lady Raffles's "The life of Sir Stamford Raffles", Munshi Abdullah, letters from and to Raffles' close friends, Dr John Leyden, an orientalist, scholar and poet, William Marden, an oriental scholar, missionaries, Dr. Morrison and Dr. William Milne and others, to describe Sir Stamford Raffles's character, life, work and accomplishments as the founder and adminstrator of Singapore and his contribution to education and natural history.
Additional Details
- Title
- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, 1819, and some of his friends and contemporaries
- Creators
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- Cook, J. A. Bethune
- Subject
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- Singapore--History--1819-1867
- Colonial administrators--Singapore
- Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826
- Publisher
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- Arthur H. Stockwell, 1918
- National Library Board Singapore, 1918
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 16873 KB, 219 p.
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I. Early training -- ch. II. Who and what are the Malays -- ch. III. Raffles at Malacca -- ch. IV. Leyden and Marsden -- ch. V. Raffles as seen by Munshi Abdullah -- ch. VI. Dr. Morrison and Dr. William Milne --ch. VII. Malacca dreamers and workers -- ch. VIII. Conquest of Java -- ch. IX. High endeavour -- ch. X. Bencoolen and the Battaks -- ch. XI. Singapore -- ch. XII. Crawfurd and Singapore -- ch. XIII. Progress in Singapore -- ch. XIV. Raffles' personal sorrows -- ch. XV. Singapore again -- ch. XVI. Singapore foundation of education -- ch. XVII. Raffles' farewell to sunny Singapore -- Index.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2005.