Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha
Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, sometimes known as KAR Bosscha or Ru Bosscha (The Hague, 15 May 1865 – Malabar, Indonesia, 26 November 1928) was a planter, philanthropist and administrator of the Malabar Plantation in Bandung, Indonesia. Life and work K.A.R. Bosscha was the son of renowned German-Dutch physicist Johannes Bosscha and Paulina Emilia Kerkhoven. After gaining some formal education in engineering at Polytechnical School of Delft, in 1887 came out to Netherlands Indies and stayed with his uncle while working at Sinagar Estate near Cibadak (West Java) that his uncle owned. Work at his uncle's company gave him little satisfaction, thus after six months he went to Sambas (Borneo) to join his older brother John Bosscha, a geologist. During this time he worked on gold exploration and mining with his brother until his return to Sinager 1892, this time as its administrator. He stayed at Sinagar Estate until 1895 and in 1896 he undertook the management of Malabar Estate near Pangalengan (Bandung) until his death in 1928 because of cancer. the Malabar Estate plantation is still operational under state own company (PT Perkebunan Nusantara) management. Little was known about his personal life. He never married. K.A.R. Bosscha spoke Malay, Sundanese