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Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 March 1850 – 11 June 1946) was the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States. He served from 1 July 1896 to 1901. He was also an amateur photographer. He was born in Belper, Derbyshire, Britain.

He was one of close to forty former British empire officials to actually oppose the Malayan Union.

Notes by Administrator:-

This is one of more than 10 books written by Frank Swettenham. The Real Malay was first published by John Lane of London in 1899. Sometimes the title is written as THE REAL MALAY: PEN PICTURES. This is a scanned version from University Of California.

Some parts of the book may offend some Malays - if you are offended, go and find yourself this book THE MYTH OF A LAZY NATIVE by Syed Hussein Alatas.

Other books written and co-written by Swettenham:-

1. Clifford, Hugh Charles, and Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1894), 'A dictionary of the Malay language', Taiping, Perak: Printed for the author's at the Government's printing office.
2. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1881), 'Vocabulary of the English and Malay languages'. Singapore: printed at the Government Printing Office.
3. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1893), 'About Perak'. Singapore: Straits Times Press.
4. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1895), 'Malay sketches'. London: John Lane.
5. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1898), 'Unaddressed letters'. London: John Lane.
6. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1899), 'The real Malay'. London: John Lane.
7. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1907), 'British Malaya'. London: John Lane.
8. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1910), 'Report of the Mauritius royal commission, 1909'. HMSO.
9. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1912), 'Also and perhaps'. London: John Lane.
10. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1925), 'Arabella in Africa'. London: John Lane.
11. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1942), 'Footprints in Malaya'. London: Hutchinson.
12. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1946 ?), 'The future of Malaya'. [S.l.]: [s.n.]
13. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1967), 'Stories and sketches'. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

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