Title
Foundation of the Singapore Institution A.D. 1823 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Year/Period
1823
Region
Malacca
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.5 x 14.8 x 0.5 cm
Accession No.
2019-00360
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. On 1 April 1823, Raffles delivered his minute “on the Establishment of a Malayan college at Singapore”. This eventually led to the establishment of the Singapore Institution, later to be renamed Raffles Institution. Raffles’ minute, along with the details of the founding of the college, and a list of the officers and staff of the new Institution, are included in this publication, printed at the Mission Press in Malacca in 1823.
