Lawyer and editor of the Penang Gazette in the Straits Settlements
James Richardson Logan |
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| Born | (1819-04-10)10 April 1819
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| Died | 20 October 1869(1869-10-20) (aged 50)
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| Resting place | Old Protestant Cemetery, George Town |
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| Occupations | lawyer and editor |
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| Known for | popularised the term "Indonesia" |
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James Richardson Logan (born 10 April 1819 inBerwickshire,Scotland, died 20 October 1869 inPenang,Straits Settlements) was a lawyer who popularised the nameIndonesia after it was coined by the EnglishethnologistGeorge Windsor Earl.[1][2][3] He was an editor of thePenang Gazette and a former student of Earl who in 1850 published the term 'Indu-nesians' to describe the peoples of the region.[4] In 1847, while living inSingapore, Logan founded a scholarly periodical,The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, and both edited and contributed to the journal until 1862.[5]
Logan died on 20 October 1869 and is buried at theOld Protestant Cemetery in George Town, Malaysia. Amarble statue of him stands in the compound of the Penang High Court building.[6] Logan Road is named after him.[7]
- ^Logan, James Richardson (1850). "The Ethnology of the Indian Archipelago: Embracing Enquiries into the Continental Relations of the Indo-Pacific Islanders".The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA): 4:252–347.; Earl, George S. W. (1850). "On The Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian and Malay-Polynesian Nations".Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA): 254, 277–278.
- ^The Idea of Indonesia,Cambridge University Press 9780521876483 – The Idea of Indonesia – A History – by R. E. Elson:
- ^(This term was introduced in 1860 in the influential novelMax Havelaar (1859), written by Multatuli, critical of Dutch colonialism).Justus Maria VanderKroef (1951). "The Term Indonesia: Its Origin and Usage".Journal of the American Oriental Society 71 (3):
- ^Earl, George S. W. (1850). "On The Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian and Malay-Polynesian Nations".Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA): 119.
- ^Ang, Seow Leng (January 2016)."Logan's Journal".BiblioAsia.11 (4). National Library Board, Singapore. Archived fromthe original on 13 October 2016.
- ^Historical personalities of Penang by Historical Personalities of Penang Committee - Pinang - 1986 - 180 pages, Page 105
- ^Street Names of Georgetown, Penang
Works by or aboutJames Logan atWikisource