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James Richardson Logan (b 1819 Berwickshire-Scotland, d 1869 Penang-Straits Settlements) was the man who coined the name Indonesia.[1][2][3] He was a prominent lawyer, an editor of the Penang Gazette and a former student of George Earl, an English ethnologist.[4] A marble statue of him stands in the compound of the Penang High Court building.[5] Logan Road is named after him.[6]




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