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Sep 29, 1921 London Died on 15 Jul 2006 (aged 84)
British botanist
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About Francis Rose
- Francis Rose MBE (29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an English field botanist and conservationist.
- He was an author, researcher and teacher.
- His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, higher plants, plant communities and woodlands. Rose was born in south London.
- He studied natural sciences at Chelsea Polytechnic and Queen Mary College, University of London, graduating with a degree in botany.
- He obtained a PhD in 1953, studying the structure and ecology of British lowland bogs. From 1949, he taught at Bedford College and other colleges in London.
- In 1964, he joined the geography department as Senior Lecturer in Biogeography at King's College London, becoming a Reader in 1975 until 1981.
- He married in 1943 to Pauline and had a family of three sons and a daughter.
- Rose was awarded the MBE in 2000.
- He died at Liss in Hampshire.
