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Alfred Dent

1844–1927 · 19th century

Alfred Dent was a British merchant who, with Baron von Overbeck, obtained concessions in northern Borneo from the sultans of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878. He founded the British North Borneo Company, which received a royal charter in 1881 and governed North Borneo until 1946.

Alfred Dent
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Alfred Dent. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/alfred-dent
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