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Name: SKENE, Ralph Rangabe Felix Henry
Nee: son of James Henry Skene, British Consul at Aleppo
Birth Date: 1872 Aleppo, Syria
Death Date: 1962 California
Nationality: British
First Date: 1897
Profession: Appointed Asst. Collector in 1897, Collector in 1903 and DC at Malindi in 1911
Area: Malindi, Kitui, 1909 Fort Hall
Married: In Geneva 22 June 1903 Charlotte Edith Dickinson b. 1 Nov 1874 St Louis, Missouri, d. 22 Sep 1962 Carmel by the Sea, California
Author: Skene R.R.F.H. (1917). Arab and Swahili Dances and Ceremonies. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 47, 413-434.
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Adventurers, EAHB 1905, EAS, Hut, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Matson Bio, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19
School: St Paul's School, London and Calvin's College, Geneva
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Assistant Collector, EAP, Dec. 5th 1897; Acting Transport Officer, Sept. 10th 1901; Acting Collector, April 17th 1902; Collector, April 1st 1903.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa North - Appt. Asst. Collector EAP; based Mombasa June 1899; on sick leave Dec 1899, Jan 1900; arr. Mombasa 31/7/1900, dep. for Nairobi 3/8/1900 to be Asst. District Officer & Collector, Nairobi; Appt. Temp. Acting Director of Transport Sept. 1901; arr. Mombasa from Fort Hall 9/9/1901; Appt. Town Magistrate 26/1/1902; Collector at Malindi July 1902; Appt. Collector 1/4/1903; home leave 1903, 1906 Kitui
Drumkey 1909 - Ralph Rangalie Felix Henry - District Commissioner, EAP, 1907
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Assistant District Officer
EA Diary 1903 - Asst. Collector, EA Protectorate Dec 5 1897
EAHB 1907 - Collector - Teita, Seyidie
Red Book 1912 - R. Skene - Lamu - Tanaland Province - DC at Lamu
Adventurers - Civil Officer at Fort Hall in 1901.
EAHB 1905 - Collector, Kitui
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