Born: July 5, 1853, Bishop's Stortford
[Died] March 26, 1902, Meisenberg, Cape Colony. South African politician of British origin. One of the most important colonial pioneers in the history of the 19th century British Empire. Born as the fifth son of the Reverend F. Rhodes. Moved to South Africa in 1870. After graduating from Oxford University, he became a member of the Cape Colony Parliament in 1881. In 1889, Queen Victoria granted him a charter to establish the British South Africa Company to develop the region that would later be named Rhodesia (today's Zambia and Zimbabwe) after Rhodes. During that time, he obtained financial support from the Rothschild family and forced the acquisition and annexation of diamond mines, and also succeeded in annexing the gold mines of the Transvaal, making him enormously wealthy (→ De Beers Consolidated Mines). In 1890, he became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. During his term, he devoted himself to education, agricultural promotion, indigenous policy, and railway development, but in foreign affairs he took extraordinary measures known as the Jameson Invasion, with the aim of annexing the Transvaal Republic to the Union of South Africa, centered on the Cape Colony, and was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 1896. He then went to Rhodesia as a private citizen and devoted himself to the development of the area. He died in the Cape Colony. In his will, the majority of his estate, 6 million pounds, was donated to various public works projects. One of his most important projects was the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University. Rose
Rose, Pete Born April 14, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Full name Peter Edward Rose. He was a versatile player who broke Ty Cobb's career record of 4,191 hits in 1985. After three seasons with the Cincinnati Reds' minor league team, he was promoted to the major leagues in 1963. He soon established himself as the leadoff hitter and was named the National League Rookie of the Year that year. He won the batting title for two consecutive years in 1968 and 1969. In 1973, he hit a career-high 230 hits to become the batting champion for the third time and was named the league's MVP. From 1970 to 1976, the Reds won five division championships, four league championships, and two World Series championships, earning them the nickname "Big Red Machine," and Rose was a central figure in the team. By the time of his retirement in 1986, he had played 3,562 games, had 14,053 at-bats, 4,256 hits, and 2,165 runs, the most in baseball history at the time, and had achieved the unprecedented record of 200 hits in a single season 10 times. His lifetime batting average was .330. After his retirement, he remained with the Reds as a manager, but in 1989 he was banned for life from baseball for allegedly engaging in gambling on sports teams, including the Reds. This decision made him ineligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rose
Rose, Murray Born January 6, 1939 in Birmingham, England
[Died]April 15, 2012. Sydney, Australia. Australian competitive swimmer. Full name Iain Murray Rose. He was the first swimmer to break 18 minutes in the 1500m freestyle, and set 15 world records during his nine-year career. At the age of 17, he won the 400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, and 800m relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, becoming the youngest swimmer to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. At the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, he became the first swimmer to win the 400m freestyle twice in a row. He won a silver medal in the 1500m freestyle and a bronze medal in the 800m relay. In 1964, he broke world records in the 880-yard freestyle and 1500m freestyle, but missed out on the Tokyo Olympic Games held in the same year because he did not participate in the national trials. In 1965, he was inducted into the first class of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was known for his innovative swimming style, which emphasized shoulder and back strength rather than arms and legs. He was one of the eight Olympic flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Rose
Rhodes, James Ford Born: May 1, 1848 in Cleveland, Ohio
[Died] January 22, 1927. New York American businessman and historian. He worked in mining from 1874 to 1885. He retired from business in 1885 and devoted himself to historical writing. In 1906, he completed History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 (7 volumes, 1893-1906). This work, which covers the period up to the restoration of Southern self-government in 1877, is famous for its fair historical writing that makes full use of abundant sources. His other works include The History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (17) and History of the United States from Hayes to McKinley, 1877-1896 (19). Rose
Rose, Irwin Born: July 16, 1926, Brooklyn, New York
[Died] June 2, 2015. Biochemist from Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1952. He worked at the Yale School of Medicine from 1954 to 1963. He was a senior member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1963 to 1995, and joined the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine in 1997. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, he worked with Israeli scientists Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover on protein degradation, discovering the mechanism by which a small protein called ubiquitin binds to unnecessary proteins and is degraded by an enzyme called the proteasome. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 along with Hershko and Ciechanover. Rose
Rose, Billy Born: September 6, 1899 in New York
[Died] February 10, 1966. A Jamaican-American producer. His real name was William Samuel Rosenberg. After writing many songs for the Ziegfeld Follies as a lyricist, he became a producer in 1930 and produced musicals such as Jumbo (1935) and Carmen Jones (43), including works by his wife at the time, F. Brice. In 1958, he bought the National Theatre, which he renamed the Billy Rose Theatre the following year. His books include Wine, Women and Words (48). Rose
Lawes, Sir John Bennet, 1st baronet Born: 28 December 1814 in Rothamsted
Died: August 31, 1900, Rothamsted. An agronomist who built the foundations of the British fertilizer industry. He inherited his father's estate in Rothamsted, Hertfordshire, and established the world's first agricultural experiment station there, researching the effects of fertilizer on crops. In 1842, he obtained a patent for the production of the world's first artificial fertilizer, calcium superphosphate, and began fertilizer production. He also contributed to the production of citric acid and tartaric acid, and was created a baronet in 1882. Rose
Rose, Richard Born April 9, 1933 in St. Louis, Montana. British political scientist. His book "Politics in England" (1965) is a famous work. His other major works include "Studies in British Politics: A Reader in Political Sociology" (66). Rose
Rhodes, Eugene Manlove [Born] 1869
[Died] 1934
American novelist. He began writing western stories around the age of 40, drawing on his experiences as a cowboy. His main works include Bransford of Arcadia (1914), West Is West (17), and The Proud Sheriff (35). Rose
Lawes, William Born: May 1, 1602, Salisbury
[Died] 1645. Chester. British composer. Studied under J. Copellario along with his brother H. Rose. Served the royal family, but participated in the Puritan Revolution as a royalist and was killed in battle. Composed dances, fantasies, and drama music for instrumental ensembles. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
