Thomas Stamford Raffles

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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (July 6, 1781July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore, and is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire.

A secondary school in Singapore, named the Raffles Institution, was named after him.

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