# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:13:48.915Z

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name: "Thomas Stamford Raffles"
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description: "Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars. It was returned under the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824. He also wrote The History of Java in 1817, describing the history of the island from ancient times. The Rafflesia flowers were named after him."
tagline: "British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826)"
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birthDate: "1781-07-06"
deathDate: "1826-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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