Alex Rose (guitarist)
Alexander or Alex Rose may refer to: * Alexander Rose (bishop) (1647–1720) * Alexander Rose (geologist) (1781–1860), Scottish geologist * Alexander Rose (author) (born 1971), author and historian * Alex Rose (labor leader) (1898–1976), New York politician * Alex Rose (athlete) (b. 1991), American/Samoan discus thrower * Alexander Rose, Executive Director of the Long Now Foundation * Alex Rose, musician, member of Minus the Bear See also * Axl Rose W. Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose Jr.; born February 6, 1962) is an American musician. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and has been the band's sole constant member since its incep ...

Alexander Rose (bishop)
Alexander Rose (1647–1720) was a Scottish scholar, minister and bishop. He was a Church of Scotland minister before becoming Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow and Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. He rose to become Bishop of Moray and then Bishop of Edinburgh. He was responsible for failing to convince King William III of England that the Scottish bishops could be trusted, leading to the abolition of Episcopacy in Scotland. Rose continued as a nonjuring bishop, eventually becoming leader of the informal and embryonic Scottish Episcopal Church. Early life and career Alexander was born in either 1645 or 1646, a year that can be calculated because we know that he was 74 years old at his death in March 1720. The Rose family originally came from Kilravock near Inverness. His father had been Prior of Monymusk. He entered the University of Aberdeen for a Master of Arts, but moved to the University of Glasgow to study divinity under Dr. Gilbert Burnet, ...
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