Charles pants
Charles Hose (born October 12, 1863 in Hertfordshire , England , † November 14, 1929 ) was a British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist .
He received his education at the Felsted School in Essex and at Cambridge University . He was offered an administrative cadetship in Sarawak by the second white Raja , Charles Brooke , which he accepted in 1884.
The Hosegebirge in Sarawak is named after him, as are various animals:
- Hoses tiny flying squirrel ( Petaurillus hosei )
- Spotty-winged broad-throat ( Calyptomena hosii )
- Plain roller ( Diplogale hosei )
- Four chipmunk ( Lariscus hosei )
- Pant langur ( Presbytes hosei )
- Suncus hosei (a species from the genus of the thick-tailed shrew )
- Rana hosei (a type of real frog )
bibliography
- 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) (with 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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| SURNAME | Pants, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hertfordshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1929 |