Västerås
Västerås , city (1990 pop. 98,303), capital of Västmanland co., E Sweden, a port on Lake Mälaren at the mouth of the Svartån River. It is the main center of the Swedish electrical goods industry; other manufactures include metal goods, textiles, and glass. Founded by 1100, Västerås was one of Sweden's great medieval cities, with a cathedral (13th cent.) and a fortified castle (14th cent.). Eleven important diets convened there, notably the Västerås Recess (1527), which created the Lutheran state church, and the diet of 1544, which made the Swedish throne hereditary.
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Singapore's two Raffles, magic and modern
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/2/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...are enjoying breakfast at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore's 100...wines and fine dining, live at Raffles. Look at Raffles critically, and you see a...was christened Raffles after Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, who first planted...
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For sale: Billionaire puts Raffles on the market as his wealth plummets
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...that grandest of grand hotels - Raffles of Singapore - up for sale...much the same of the legendary Raffles Hotel. Its very name conjures...the man for whom it was named - Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, the founder of the city of...
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Egg-cellent.(global update)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Hotels; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Luxury operator Raffles International, Singapore...private label items is Raffles Caviar, available for...hotel's THOS S.B Raffles & Co. shop...founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, the company...
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Travel: GUIDE TO A STYLISH STOP-OVER; 24 hours in Singapore.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 3/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...Adult ticket is about SEUR30/pounds 13. RAFFLES Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles in 1824. Fifty years later, three Armenians opened Raffles Hotel, where to this day money is made...
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles 1781-1826, British East Indian administrator...reduced the power of native princes. Raffles also reorganized the administration...role in the lucrative China trade. Raffles was outstanding for his liberal attitude...
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Raffles, Thomas Stamford Bingley
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
RAFFLES, THOMAS STAMFORD BINGLEY ( b. at sea off Port Morant...also scientists including Sir Joseph Banks. Raffles...including Arnold, the American Thomas Horsfield, and two Frenchmen...communications of Dr. Thomas Horsfield. ”...
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