Background
Rose, Joseph Nelson was born on January 11, 1862 in near Liberty, Indiana, United States. Son of George W. and Rebecca (Corrington) Rose.
Rose, Joseph Nelson was born on January 11, 1862 in near Liberty, Indiana, United States. Son of George W. and Rebecca (Corrington) Rose.
He later graduated from high school in Liberty, Indiana. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Biology from Wabash College in 1889.
Assistant in botany, Wabash College, 1888-1889. Assistant and 1st assistant, division of botany, Department Agriculture, 1888-1894. Assistant curator, Department Botany, United States National Museum, 1894-1905.
Associate curator, United States National Museum, January 16, 1905-January 16, 1912, and directly in charge of National Herbarium.
Associate in botany, United States National Museum, since 1912, and research associate, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1912-1923. Traveled extensively Mexico and South America Special study of cacti.
In 1888 (with Doctor John M. Coulter) published a Revision of the Umbelliferæ of the United States. In 1905 (with Doctor North. L. Britton) published Revision North.A. Crassulaceæ.
Published numerous papers in technical jours, on the order Umbelliferæ, Cactaceæ and Mexican plants.
In 1899, Useful Plants of Mexico. In 1901, Monograph of North American Umbelliferæ. (with Doctor Britton) The Cactaceæ, 4 volumes, 1919-1923.
In honor of his services in his special line of research Doctor Sereno Watson named the genus Rhodosciadium in 1890.
Professor Cogniaux the genus Roseanthus in 1896. Doctor Small the genus Roseanthus, 1910.
Professor Speggasini the genus Brittonrosea, 1923. Mr. Alwin Berger, Roseocactus, 1925.
Married Lou B. Sims, 1888. Children: Joseph Sims, Rebecca, Martha, Walter Deane (deceased), George.