Thomas Stamford Raffles
1781–1826
British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
politician · ornithologist · botanical collector
Born in Jamaica
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Thomas Stamford Raffles:
- Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
- Napoleon (1769–1821)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
- George Washington (1732–1799)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)