August David Friedrich Karl (August) Röse
1821–73
German teacher and naturalist. Studied music at Gotha, 1836–41. Teacher at the educational institution, Schnepfenthal, from 1841. Studied local flora and fauna, and from 1852 began publishing articles on natural historical topics. Worked on the distribution of Thuringian mosses and is considered the founder of German bryo-geography.
Source
ADB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
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