While Raffles is often credited as the sole founder of Singapore, the document argues that many individuals contributed to Singapore's founding. William Farquhar established the initial settlement and administered it without outside help. John Crawfurd formalized Singapore as a British possession through treaties. Ultimately, the document states that credit should go to all the pioneers from various backgrounds who built up Singapore, not just its famous visionaries.

1. Founding of Colonial Singapore Is Raffles the only one? ?