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<p> Sir, an English philanthropist, born July 5,1781, was British governor of the island of Java from 1811 to 1816, and, after a visit home, returned to the East as resident at Bencoolen.in Sumatra, and was instrumental in founding a college for tlhe promotion of Anglo-Chinese literature. He died in England, July 4, 1826. He published a History of Java. </p> | Thomas Stamford Raffles <ref name="term_57584" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Sir, an English philanthropist, born July 5,1781, was British governor of the island of [[Java]] from 1811 to 1816, and, after a visit home, returned to the East as resident at Bencoolen.in Sumatra, and was instrumental in founding a college for tlhe promotion of Anglo-Chinese literature. He died in England, July 4, 1826. He published a History of Java. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_57584"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/raffles,+thomas+stamford Thomas Stamford Raffles from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_57584"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/raffles,+thomas+stamford Thomas Stamford Raffles from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Thomas Stamford Raffles [1]
Sir, an English philanthropist, born July 5,1781, was British governor of the island of Java from 1811 to 1816, and, after a visit home, returned to the East as resident at Bencoolen.in Sumatra, and was instrumental in founding a college for tlhe promotion of Anglo-Chinese literature. He died in England, July 4, 1826. He published a History of Java.