Background
HOSE, Charles was born on October 12, 1863 in Willian, Hertfordshire. Son of late Reverend Thomas Charles Hose, Rector of Roydon, Diss, Norfolk.
ethnologist politician Zoologist
HOSE, Charles was born on October 12, 1863 in Willian, Hertfordshire. Son of late Reverend Thomas Charles Hose, Rector of Roydon, Diss, Norfolk.
Studied at Felsted School. Jesus College, Cambridge. Doctor of Science Of Cambridge University.
FLS (12 October 1863 - 14 November 1929) was a British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist. Admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1882, he almost immediately migrated to Jesus College, and later left Cambridge without taking a degree. He was offered an administrative cadetship in Sarawak by the second Rajah, Sir Charles Brooke, which he took up in 1884.
His large collection of ethnographic objects from Borneo was purchased by the British Museum in 1905.
Several species named to commemorate his work as zoologist:
Amphibians
Hose"s Frog, Odorrana hosii found in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia
Hose"s Tree Frog, Philautus hosii endemic to Borneo: Indonesia and Malaysia prob. Brunei. Hose"s Toad, Pedostibes hosii, toad in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
Birds
Hose"s Broadbill, Calyptomena hosii endemic to Borneo.
Black Oriole, Oriolus hosii endemic to Borneo. Mammals
Hose"s Shrew or Bornean Pygmy Shrew, Suncus hosei endemic to Malaysia.
Hose"s Pygmy Flying Squirrel, Petaurillus hosei endemic to Malaysia.
Four-striped Ground Squirrel, Lariscus hosei endemic to Borneo. Hose"s Palm Civet, Diplogale hosei endemic to Borneo: East Malaysia and Brunei. Fraser’s Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
Hose’s Leaf Monkey, Presbytis hosei endemic to Borneo.
Place
Hose Mountains on Borneo.
Fellow of the Zoological Society. Club: Savage.
Spouse 1905, Emilie Ellen,daughter of late John P. Ravn.