For ten points, name this founder of the port of Singapore.
This first president of the London Zoo was appointed at the age of 23 to assistant secretary of the government of Penang Island. While there, he studied the culture of the Malayan people of the islands, catching the eye of Lord Minto, the governor-general of India, who gave much credit to this man for the subsequent capture of Java from the Dutch and French. For ten points, name this founder of the port of Singapore.
This first president of the London Zoo was appointed at the age of 23 to assistant secretary of the government of Penang Island.
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles