Sir Stamford Raffles and Some of His Friends and Contemporaries

A Memoir of the Founder of Singapore

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Southeast Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science

• Author: John Bastin
• ISBN: 9789813277687
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: March 29, 2019
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

This publication is a biographical account of the founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, through a study of the lives of his closest friends and contemporaries. Some of the personalities featured include William Brown Ramsay, John Leyden and Thomas Horsfield.

Contents:

• The East India House and William Brown Ramsay
• The Scottish Poet and Orientalist John Leyden
• The American Naturalist Thomas Horsfield In Java
• Raffles's Secretary and Aides-De-Camp
• The British Naval Surgeon Joseph Arnold in Java
• Raffles's Cousins and the Publication of the History of Java
• Raffles and Joseph Arnold in Sumatra
• Thomas Horsfield in Sumatra and London
• The Scottish Naturalist William Jack in Penang, Singapore and Sumatra
• The Danish Naturalist Nathaniel Wallich and the Singapore Botanic Garden
• Raffles and His Malay Clerk John Leyden Siami
• Raffles's Friends in England and the Founding of the Zoological Society of London

Readership: Academics, historians and the general public interested in Raffles and the history of Singapore.
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