Thomas Stamford Raffles

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British colonial administrator author human politician

Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Thomas Stamford Raffles canonical 7
Sir Stamford Raffles 5
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWith Bencoolen ⓘ
British Malaya ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
birthDate 1781-07-06 ⓘ
birthPlace off the coast of Jamaica ⓘ
on the ship Ann ⓘ
burialPlace St. Mary’s Church, Hendon ⓘ
causeOfDeath apoplexy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
date 1819-01-29 ⓘ
deathDate 1826-07-05 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
employer British East India Company ⓘ
event established a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 ⓘ
familyName Raffles ⓘ
fieldOfWork Southeast Asian studies ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
founded modern Singapore ⓘ
fullName Thomas Stamford Raffles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
givenName Stamford ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
hasMonument Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore ⓘ
Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Raffles Statue at Victoria Theatre, Singapore
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced British colonial policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ
knownFor Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Java ⓘ
expansion of British influence in Southeast Asia ⓘ
founder of modern Singapore ⓘ
memberOf British East India Company ⓘ
notableWork Java (Indonesian island) ⓘ
surface form: The History of Java
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Java ⓘ
founder of Singapore settlement ⓘ
publicationDate 1817 ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
signed Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ⓘ
Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of 1819 with Temenggong Abdul Rahman
spouse Olivia Mariamne Devenish ⓘ
Sophia Hull ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies → positionHeldBy → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
Borobudur Temple → EuropeanRediscoveryLeader → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
Thomas Stamford Raffles → fullName → Thomas Stamford Raffles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Rafflesia arnoldii → namedAfter → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Stamford Raffles
Raffles → notableBearer → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stamford Raffles
Raffles → fullName → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
subject surface form: Stamford Raffles
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Lieutenant-Governor of Java → officeHolder → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor → signatoryRepresentative → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stamford Raffles
Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore → commemorates → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Stamford Raffles
Raffles Statue at Boat Quay, Singapore → hasSubject → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Stamford Raffles
Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen → officeHolder → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stamford Raffles
Olivia Mariamne Devenish → spouse → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
St. Mary’s Church, Hendon → hasGraveOf → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
St. Mary’s Church, Hendon → hasNotableBurial → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands → author → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
Zoological Society of London → foundedBy → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Stamford Raffles
Stanford → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanford Raffles
Sophia Hull → spouse → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
A Famosa fort → preservationAdvocatedBy → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
subject surface form: A Famosa
this entity surface form: Sir Stamford Raffles
Anglo-Ashanti Wars → notableCommander → Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ