About Francis Light

Francis Light was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light, who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia in 1836.

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Occupation: explorer
Born: 1740
Died: October 21, 1794

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Francis Light

founder of the British colony on Penang in 1786

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About Francis Light

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Died: October 21, 1794

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Alexey Komarov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).