Charles Hose

Charles Hose FRGS. FLS (12 October 1863 – 14 November 1929) was a British colonial administrator, zoologist and ethnologist.

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.

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.

• http://zoohistory.co.uk/html/modules/Downloads/files/whowaswho.pdf A Zoological 'Who was Who' by Mike Grayson

Place

• Hose Mountains on Borneo.