Francis Rose

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(29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an

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field botanist and conservationist. He was an author, researcher and teacher. His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included

bryophyte The Bryophyta s.l. are a proposed taxonomic division containing three groups of non-vascular land plants (embryophytes): the liverworts, hornworts and mosses. Bryophyta s.s. consists of the mosses only. They are characteristically limited in ...

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

lichens A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus, fungi species in a mutualism (biology), mutualistic relationship.higher plant Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They a ...

plant communities A plant community is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types. The components of each plant ...

and

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s. Rose was born in south

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. He studied natural sciences at

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and

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, graduating with a degree in

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. 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

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Biogeography Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, ...

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, becoming a

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in 1975 until 1981. He married in 1943 to Pauline and had a family of three sons and a daughter. Rose was awarded the

in 2000. He died at

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Books

* ''The Wild Flower Key — How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland'', 1981. Revised by Clare O'Reilly, 2006. Frederick Warne. . * ''Colour Identification Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and North Western Europe'', 1989. Viking. . * ''The Flora of

'', 1996. Co-authored with Richard Mabey, Lady Anne Brewis and Paul Bowman. Harley Books. . * Francis Rose and

Pat Wolseley Pat Wolseley is a botanist and illustrator, specialising in lichen. Patricia Anne Wolsely studied botany at Somerville College, Oxford and then was employed at the Natural History Museum, London from 1960. She had always made illustrations of ...

1984 ''Nettlecombe Park: Its History and Its Epiphytic Lichens - An Attempt at Correlation'' Co-authored with

. Academic Journal Offprint from The Journal of the Field Studies Council, Volume 6, No. 1, November 1984. 50 pp, 14 figs *The Observer's book of Grasses Sedges and Rushes, 1974. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd For a full list of publications see Obituary in ''Watsonia''.

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The Francis Rose Reserve

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Profile: Francis Rose — Holistic view of ecology and conservation
by John Akeroyd, ''Plant Talk, no. 30, October 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Francis 1921 births 2006 deaths English botanists English conservationists English ecologists English nature writers Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Academics of Bedford College, London Academics of King's College London Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Liss

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