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Biographical data

 

Hose, Edward Shaw

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

 

Born: 1871, Malacca. Died: 1946 Normandy, Surrey, England.

 

career:

Son of Bishop Hose, cousin of Charles Hose. In 1891 he entered the Malayan Civil Service, 1924-25 Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, Acting Governor of Singapore (1925); retired 1925.

 

Collecting localities:1

1917. Malay Peninsula: Perak, G. Hijau, and Telok Anson, when stationed there; Sembilan Is (1918).

 

collections:

Herb. Kew [K] and Sing. [SING].

 

literature:

(1) Cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 4, 1927, nos 4-5.

 

biographical data:

C.F. Cowan in litt. Feb. 12, 1968.