RAFFLES, SIR STAMFORD

born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam. died July 5, 1826, London, Eng. in full Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 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. Additional reading C.E. Wurtzburg, Raffles of the Eastern Isles, ed. by Clifford Witting (1954, reissued 1984), is a comprehensive work of great industry and includes a comprehensive bibliography. Maurice Collis, Raffles (1966, reissued 1988), is a later and briefer work presenting a clear picture of the man behind the facts.