Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Thomas_Stamford_Raffles

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:East_Indies
gptkbp:birthDate	1781-07-06
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Port_Morant,_Jamaica
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:St._Mary's_Church,_Hendon,_London
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	apoplexy
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Charlotte_Raffles gptkb:Ella_Raffles gptkb:Ella_Sophia_Raffles gptkb:Flora_Nightingale_Raffles gptkb:Leopold_Stamford_Raffles gptkb:Stanley_Raffles
gptkbp:dateFoundedSingapore	1819-02-06
gptkbp:deathDate	1826-07-05
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education	private education
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Java gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Bencoolen
gptkbp:hasStatue	gptkb:Singapore_River,_Singapore
gptkbp:honor	gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
gptkbp:knownFor	founding modern Singapore
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Raffles_Hotel_(Singapore) gptkb:Raffles_Institution_(Singapore) gptkb:Raffles_Place_(Singapore) Raffles Museum (now Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum) Rafflesia (genus named after him) Raffles College (now part of National University of Singapore)
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	The History of Java
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Anne_Raffles gptkb:Benjamin_Raffles
gptkbp:portrait	Stamford_Raffles_portrait.jpg
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:signature	Stamford_Raffles_Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Olivia_Mariamne_Devenish Sophia Hull
gptkbp:title	Founder of Singapore Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Borobudur_Temple gptkb:Rafflesia_arnoldii gptkb:Symphalangus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5