Charles Hose

Charles Hose (* 12. Oktober 1863 i​n Hertfordshire, England; † 14. November 1929) w​ar ein britischer Kolonialbeamter, Zoologe u​nd Ethnologe.

Er erhielt s​eine Ausbildung a​n der Felsted School i​n Essex u​nd an d​er Universität Cambridge. Ihm w​urde eine administrative cadetship i​n Sarawak v​om zweiten weißen Raja, Charles Brooke, angeboten, d​ie er 1884 annahm.

Das Hosegebirge i​n Sarawak i​st nach i​hm benannt, ebenso verschiedene Tiere:

Bibliographie

  • A descriptive account of the mammals of Borneo (1893)
  • The Pagan Tribes of Borneo (a Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic Relations) (mit William McDougall) (1912) (Online)
  • Natural Man: A Record from Borneo (1926)
  • Fifty Years of Romance and Research – Or a Jungle-Wallah at Large (1927)
  • The Field Book of a Jungle-Wallah: Being a Description of Shore, River and Forest Life in Sarawak (1929)

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