Name Charles Hose | ||
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Died November 14, 1929, Surrey, United Kingdom Books The pagan tribes of Borneo, A Descriptive Account o, A Descriptive Account o, The field‑book of a jungl, Natural Man: A Record fr |
Hose Mountains Expedition
Charles Hose FRGS. FLS (12 October 1863 – 14 November 1929) was a British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist.
Contents
- Hose Mountains Expedition
- Camping Hose Mountains
- Life and career
- Animal species named after Hose
- Places named after Hose
- References

Camping @ Hose Mountains
Life and career
He was born in Hertfordshire, England, and was educated at Felsted in Essex. 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.
Animal species named after Hose
Several species named to commemorate his work as zoologist:
Amphibians
Birds
Mammals
Places named after Hose
Place
References
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