Raffles
SIR THOMAS STAM- FORD, an English naturalist; born at sea, July 5, 1781. He entered the East India Company's civil service, and in 1811, on the reduction of Java by the British, he was made lieutenant-governor of the island. In this post he continued till 1816, when he returned to England with an extensive collection of the productions, etc., of the Eastern Archipelago. The year following appeared his "History of Java." Having been appointed to the lieutenant-governorship of RAFFLESIA Bencoolen, Sumatra, he went out in 1818 to fill this post; founded the settlement and returned to Europe in 1824. He died July 5, 1826.