A Dictionary of Biography by R. A. Davenport

Title
A Dictionary of Biography by R. A. Davenport
Year/Period
1831
Region
London
Object Type
books
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
printing (process), bookbinding (process)
Dimension
Object size: 18.9 x 12.0 x 3.5 cm
Accession No.
2019-00320
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. This Dictionary of Biography contained the first posthumous account of Raffles in a biographical dictionary.

 

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