Frank Hatton (explorer)

Frank Hatton

Frank Hatton's tombstone in the Christian cemetery at Sandakan ( 5 ° 50 ′ 45.2 ″ N , 118 ° 6 ′ 39.8 ″ E )

Frank Hatton (born August 31, 1861 in Horfield , Bristol , England , † March 1, 1883 at Ulu Segama, British North Borneo ) was a British mineralogist and explorer.

Life

Frank Hatton was born on August 31, 1861 in Horfield near Bristol in the county of Gloucestershire . He was the second of three children of journalist Joseph Hatton (1841-1907) and his wife Louisa Johnson (1840 / 41-1901).

His family moved to Durham and later to Worcester soon after he was born, before finally settling in London. The young Hatton received his schooling from 1874 in Marcq near Lille and from 1877 to 1878 at King's College in London. While studying geology and chemistry at the Royal Mining School in South Kensington, he was awarded the Institute of Chemistry's Frankland Prize at the age of twenty for his research on the effects of gases on bacteria.

By the time he was hired as a prospector by the North Borneo Chartered Company , he already had considerable laboratory and field experience. He left England in August 1881 and reached Labuan in October . On November 19, he reached Abai Bay at Kota Belud . After two months inland, he traveled to Singapore to recover his body from the exertions of the jungle. From March to June 1882 he continued his search for deposits, but found hardly any traces of raw materials. He spent the months of July to October with prospecting work in the cinema district. After another rest in Singapore, he traveled to Sandakan on December 19 and followed the Sungai Kinabatangan from here until he finally reached the Sungai Segama at the end of February 1883 .

On March 1, 1883, Hatton was on his way back from an elephant hunt on the upper reaches of the Sungai Segama (mal. Ulu Segama ). As Hatton - the loaded rifle with the butt first - made his way through the jungle, a shot went off and hit the young researcher in the lungs. Hatton died on the spot in the arms of his Malay servant Oodeen.

Hatton's companions - the Australian mining expert Beveridge and several Malay natives - rowed the body non-stop for 53 hours to Sandakan, where Hatton's remains were buried on March 4. His grave is in the old Christian cemetery at Sandakan.

legacy

Hatton's contributions to journals and scientific periodicals, as well as his estate - especially his diaries - mark him as a gifted researcher. In a short time he had learned the languages of Malay and Dusun, which enabled him to have close contact with the indigenous population.

Hatton's work on filtration found its way into the operation of the Antwerp waterworks.

He was an Associate at the Institute of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Chemical Society, and a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Branch.

Others

Frank Hatton's name is second on the Chartered Company Memorial , erected by the North Borneo Chartered Company for employees who died or were killed in service in the late 19th century.

The Mount Hatton (times. Gunung Hatton ), 555 m in Semporna was named after Frank Hatton.

literature

Frank Hatton, Joseph Hatton: North Borneo - Explorations and Adventures on the Equator , Scribner & Welford, New York, 1886

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c entry on webrarian.co.uk: Frank Hatton ; Accessed February 13, 2013

↑ ^a ^b ^c Straits Times Weekly Issue: The Late Mr. Frank Hatton. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 3, 1883, page 2; Accessed February 14, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / newspapers.nl.sg

↑ Straits Times Weekly Issue: Royal Asiatic Society Straits Branch ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. January 26, 1884, page 9; Accessed February 13, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / newspapers.nl.sg

Remarks

↑ Frank Hatton had an older sister, Helen Howard Hatton, and a younger sister, Bessie Lyle Hatton.
↑ Hatton was first buried on a cleared piece of land on the hills above Sandakans. The square was only later consecrated as a cemetery and served as a cemetery for the Christian communities of Sandakans for over a hundred years.

personal data
SURNAME	Hatton, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British mineralogist and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Horfield , Bristol
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 1883
Place of death	Ulu Segama, British North Borneo

[webrarian-2] try on webrarian.co.uk: Frank Hatton ; Accessed February 13, 2013

[1] Frank Hatton had an older sister, Helen Howard Hatton, and a younger sister, Bessie Lyle Hatton.

[4] Hatton was first buried on a cleared piece of land on the hills above Sandakans. The square was only later consecrated as a cemetery and served as a cemetery for the Christian communities of Sandakans for over a hundred years.