A Piece of Raffles’s life

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles the discovered of Rafelesia Arnoldi, had only 14 years old educated by at school. Though, the young Raffles, who was born July 6, 1781, enforces himself to study autodidactic and worked hard.
When he was 30 years old, he persuaded British government to overcome Java. He’s governed Java 4 yers. By his own vision built Singapore when he was 38 years old. He put liberalism to his career and rejected about stavery enforcement. This interest to flora and fauna leaded him to discovery some discoveries and wrote scientific books. He has made his life. It seemed he knew that has had no much time. Ten years after he got mobility title, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles passed away suffering brain tumor at 45 years old.

Taken from : Intisari, February 1996