John Crawfurd
Yang Berhormat John Crawfurd | |
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| Residen Singapura | |
| Dalam jawatan 27 Mei 1823 – 15 Ogos 1826 | |
| Raja | George IV (1820–1830) |
| Didahului oleh | Major-Gen. William Farquhar |
| Digantikan oleh | Abolished |
| Maklumat peribadi | |
| Lahir | 13 Ogos 1783 Islay, Argyll, Scotland |
| Mati | 11 Mei 1868 (umur 84) South Kensington, London, England |
| Bidang pengkhususan | Pentadbiran Penjajahan |
John Crawfurd FRS (13 Ogos 1783 - 11 Mei 1868) merupakan seorang doktor berwarganegara Scotland, pentadbir penjajahan dan diplomat, serta penulis. Beliau dikenali disebabkan hasil penulisannya mengenai bahasa-bahasa di Asia, dengan bukunya bertajuk History of the Indian Archipelago, dan peranannya dalam menubuhkan Singapura. Beliau dilahirkan di Islay, Argyll, Scotland, dan merupakan anak kepada Samuel Campbell dan Margaret Campbell. Beliau melanjutkan pelajarannya di Bowmore dan mengikuti jejak ayahnya untuk mempelajari ilmu perubatan dan menghabiskan pengajian perubatannya di University of Edinburgh, 1803, ketika berusia 20 tahun. Crawfurd bergabung pertama kali dengan East India Company sebagai doktor pakar bedah.
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]Bibliografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Adas, Michael (1990). Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9760-4.
- Beasley, Edward (2010). The Victorian Reinvention of Race: New Racisms and the Problem of Grouping in the Human Sciences. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-203-84498-4.
- Crawfurd, John (digitized 21 August 2006) [originally published 1828]. Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China. Volume 2 (ed. 2nd). London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley. OCLC 03452414.
|volume=has extra text (bantuan); Check date values in:|date=(bantuan) - Ellingson, Terry Jay (2001). The Myth of the Noble Savage. University of California Press. ISBN 0520925920.
- Kling, Blair B. (1976). Partner in Empire: Dwarkanath Tagore and the Age of Enterprise in Eastern India. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02927-9.
- Stafford, Robert A. (2002). Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52867-2.
Bacaan lanjut
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Ernest C. T. Chew (2002), 'Dr John Crawfurd (1783–1868): The Scotsman Who Made Singapore British', Raffles Town Club, vol. 8 (July–Sept). Singapore : Raffles Town Club.
Pautan luar
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Wikimedia Commons mempunyai media berkaitan John Crawfurd |
- Royal Geographical Society Obituary
- Obituary daripada Sydney Herald
- Infopedia page Diarkibkan 2012-03-07 di Wayback Machine