I feel that Raffles should not be given sole credit for the founding of Singapore, but to be given sole credit for formulating the idea of Singapore being a British port in the Malay Archipelago. Raffles should also be given credit for overseeing the founding of modern Singapore.

I shall start off with the definition of a founder. According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, a founder is one who establishes something or formulates the basis for something. In this case, we are discussing about the people who formulated the basis of modern Singapore.

All the three men, Raffles, Farquhar and Crawfurd, had contributed to the founding of modern Singapore. As I am arguing that Raffles should get the most credit, I shall state his contributions later. Farquhar had contributed to the founding of Singapore as he had taken care of the settlement...