Horace Walter Raper

Horace Walter Raper OBE (29 Yuni 1882 - 12 Disamba 1937) ɗan kasuwa ne na Burtaniya wanda ya yi aiki a Singapore, Straits Settlements .

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Horace Walter Raper a ranar 29 ga Yuni 1882 a London, kuma ya yi karatu a Makarantar Merchant Taylor . 

 Ayyuka 
A cikin 1908, ya tafi Singapore a matsayin sakatare ga sabuwar kamfanin da aka kafa na Great Eastern Life Assurance Company (wanda a yau ake kira Great Eastern Life). A shekara ta 1918, an nada shi darektan, kuma a shekara ta 1923, an nada shi manajan darektan lokacin da ya gaji wanda ya kafa kamfanin, A. H. Fair, a lokacin da ya yi ritaya. Ya yi aiki a kamfanin har zuwa 1937 lokacin da aka tilasta masa ya yi ritaya saboda rashin lafiya.

A cikin shekaru 29 da ya yi tare da kamfanin, Raper ya ga saurin ci gaban kamfanin daga ƙaramin farkonsa a 1908, a matsayin kamfanin tabbatar da rayuwa na farko da aka kafa a Malaya, zuwa kafa shi a matsayin babban kungiya tare da kasuwanci a duk faɗin Asiya a ƙarƙashin kulawarsa.

 Rayuwar jama'a 
Raper ya kasance fitaccen mutum a rayuwar jama'a ta Singapore. Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Straits Settlement (Singapore),  kuma ya yi aiki na lokuta da yawa a Hukumar Municipal.  A shekara ta 1937, an nada shi memba na Majalisar Dokoki ta Straits Settlements .  Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Rotary Club ta Singapore, kuma ya kasance sakataren girmamawa na kungiyar Golf ta Singapore na tsawon shekaru goma. Ya kasance Mai Shari'a na Zaman Lafiya kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Alkalai masu ziyara na Singapore .  

 Yin ritaya da mutuwa 
A shekara ta 1937, Raper ya yi ritaya zuwa Beaconsfield, Ingila, saboda rashin lafiya, inda ya mutu a ranar 12 ga Disamba 1937.

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