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The Honourable Dr.
John Crawfurd
FRS
2nd Resident of Singapore
In office
27 May 1823 – 15 August 1826
Appointed byStamford Raffles
MonarchGeorge IV
Preceded byMajor-General William Farquhar
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Governor of the Straits Settlements
Personal details
Born(1783-08-13)13 August 1783
Islay, Argyll, Scotland
Died11 May 1868(1868-05-11) (aged 84)
South Kensington, London, England
Spouse
Horatia Ann Perry
(m. 1820; died 1855)
Children
  • Margaret Campbell Crawfurd (daughter)
  • Horatia Charlotte Campbell Crawfurd (daughter)
  • Eleanor Charteris Crawfurd (daughter)
  • Walter Crawfurd (son)
  • Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd (son)
Parents
  • Samuel Crawfurd (father)
  • Margaret Campbell (mother)
Residence(s)Argyll, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationColonial administrator
Profession
  • Author
  • diplomat
  • physician

John Crawfurd FRS (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author who served as the second and last Resident of Singapore.

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1781 revolt in Bihar

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Keling

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describe the immigrants from Gujarat Presidency and Coromandel coast. John Crawfurd (1856) mentioned that the term "Kling" was used by the Malays and the...

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Fort Canning Hill

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still visible in the early 19th century and described by the Resident John Crawfurd who also found indication of ruins of an ancient orchard, shards of...

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Noble savage

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better when this place [Earth] knows him no more. In 1860, the physician John Crawfurd and the anthropologist James Hunt identified the racial stereotype of...

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Temasek

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Bangkok

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slightly throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. British diplomat John Crawfurd, visiting in 1822, estimated its population at no more than 50,000....

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Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie

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"was furth of this realme" and his wife Margaret was at Greenock. A John Crawfurd of "Auchinbothe" was arrested and tried, however he was found innocent...

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Thailand

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Ethnological Society of London

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Batara Guru

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Javanese people

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burthen, with an average of 92 lasts (165.6–184 metric tons). In 1856, John Crawfurd noted that Javanese shipbuilding activity still existed on the north...

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1783

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Temenggong Abdul Rahman

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Execution by elephant

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his fore Feet on the Carcase, and squeezes it flat. The journal of John Crawfurd records another method of execution by elephant in the kingdom of Cochinchina...

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Early history of Singapore

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