Charles Hose
at CLARE, Mar. 31, 1882. S. of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1850). B. Oct. 12, 1863, at Willian, Herts. School, Felsted. Migrated to Jesus, Apr. 1882. Matric. <javascript:APop(p2,190,228);> Easter, 1882; Hon. Sc.D. 1900. Hon. Fellow of Jesus, 1926. Went to Sarawak, having obtained a Cadetship under the Rajah, Sir Charles Brooke. Resident of the Baram District, 1890-1904. Resident and Member of the Supreme Council of Sarawak, 1904. Member of Sarawak State Advisory Council at Westminster, 1919. Did invaluable work for the oil industry of Sarawak, discovering a new field there. Carried out important investigations in anthropology and explored hitherto undiscovered Borneo. On the friendliest terms with head hunters and jungle nomads and made large collections of flora and fauna, discovering many new species. F.R.G.S.; F.Z.S. Did valuable research work on beriberi, correctly attributing it to the consumption of milled or 'polished' rice; for this he received the award of the Emperor's cup from the Japanese Government, 1909. 'His most striking achievement, however, was that he induced the pagans of Borneo to give up head-hunting as a method of settling tribal disputes, and take to boat-racing instead.' 'He left the areas of his administration settled and peaceful with a developing trade.' During the Great War, 1914-19, Superintendent of a munition factory at King's Lynn. Author, Pagan Tribes of Borneo; Fifty Years of Romance and Research. Died Nov. 14, 1929. Buried at Bandon Hill, Beddington, Surrey. Benefactor to the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Brother of Reginald E. (1899). (Scott, MSS.; F. Brittain, A Short History of Jesus College, 45; D.N.B.; The Times, Nov. 15, 1929.)
Charles married Emilie Ellen "Poppy" Ravn, daughter of Johan Peter Laurentzius Ravn and Julia Grossmith, on 9 Dec 1905 in St. Swithen's Church, Cannon Street. (Emilie Ellen "Poppy" Ravn was born Q2 1879 in 4 the Villas, Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, christened on 31 Aug 1879 in Christchurch with St Paul, Forest Hill and died Q1 1953 in Islington.) |
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