obsessive drive, who changed history by establishing - without authority - on the wretchedly unpromising island of Singapore a settlement which has become a world city.After a turbulent time in the East Indies, Raffles returned to the UK and turned to his other great interests -botany and ...
acquired the present schools of physics and botany, with their equipment and most of their endow- ment. The special research endowment of the school of geology by the late Earl of I veagh was a recognition of his personality and distinction as an investigator. He acted for many years as ...