Rose family
German family
Rose family, a distinguished family of German chemists. Valentine Rose, the elder (b. Aug. 16, 1736, Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia—d. April 28, 1771, Berlin), was an apothecary in Berlin and, for a short time, assessor of the Ober Collegium Medicum. He was the discoverer of “Rose’s fusible metal.” His son, Valentine Rose, the younger (b. Oct. 31, 1762, Berlin—d. Aug. 10, 1807, Berlin), was also an apothecary in Berlin and assessor of the Ober Collegium Medicum...