Joseph Nelson Rose
Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy.
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Joseph Nelson Rose
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- Name
- Joseph Nelson Rose
- Born
- 11 January 1862
- Birthplace
- Union County, Indiana
- Died
- 4 May 1928
- Place of death
- Washington D.
- Education
- Wabash College
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- botanist · curator · botanical collector · writer · scientific collector
- Fields
- botany
- Languages
- English
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Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy.
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He later graduated from high school in Liberty, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from Wabash College in 1889. Having received his B.A. in Biology and M.A. Paleobotany earlier at the same institute. He married Lou Beatrice Sims in 1888 and produced with her three sons and three daughters. Rose worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and became an assistant curator at the Smithsonian in 1896. While Rose was employed by the national museum, he was an authority on several plants families, including Apiaceae (Parsley Family) and Cactaceae (Cactus Family). He made several field trips to Mexico, and presented specimens to the Smithsonian and the New York Botanical Garden. He took a leave of absence from the Smithsonian to do further fieldwork in South America and publish with Britton, the four-volume work, The Cactaceae (1919–1923), illustrated by Mary Emily Eaton (1873–1961). Rose returned to work afterwards at the Smithsonian, making further contributions to Botany.
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• Name — Joseph Nelson Rose • Born — 11 January 1862 • Birthplace — Union County, Indiana • Died — 4 May 1928 • Place of death — Washington D. C. • Resting Place — Rock Creek Cemetery • Fields — botanist • Workplaces — United States Department of Agriculture, Smithsonian Institution • Education — Wabash College • Author Abbrev Bot — Rose
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Astroblepus rosei is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae that was named after Rose. It can be found on Cajamarca, Peru. In 1890, botanist S.Watson published Rhodosciadium, a genus of flowering plants from Mexico and Guatemala, belonging to the family Apiaceae and named in Rose's honor.
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- 1.BibISBN 3800150425
- 2.The New York Botanical Garden: Joseph Nelson Rose and „The Cactaceae“. Abgerufen am 24. Februar 2008
- 3.William Trelease: Biographical Memoir of John Merle Coulter. In: Biographical Memoirs. Band 14, National Academy of Sciences, 1929, S. 97–123, PDF
- 4.Elmer Drew Merrill: Biographical Memoir of Nathaniel Lord Britton. In: Biographical Memoirs. Band 19, National Academy of Sciences, 1938, S. 145–202, PDF
- 5.Lotte Burkhardt: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Teil I und II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi:10.3372/epolist2018.
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