- Rose for Miss Emily, A (ballet by de Mille)
Agnes de Mille: …the American Ballet Theatre, including A Rose for Miss Emily (1971), Texas Fourth (1976), and The Informer (1988). Among her several books are Dance to the Piper (1952), To a Young Dancer (1962), The Book of the Dance (1963), Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death (1968), and Speak to Me,…
- Rose Garden, The (work by Saʿdī)
Saʿdī: …Orchard) and the Gulistān (1258; The Rose Garden). The Būstān is entirely in verse (epic metre) and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. The Gulistān is mainly…
- rose gardener’s disease (disease)
sporotrichosis, subacute or chronic infection with the fungus Sporothrix, primarily Sporothrix schenckii. Infection usually is characterized by a chancre at the site of inoculation and, extending from the site, a chain of hard, red, pus-generating lumps along the lymphatics of the skin and
- Rose Gold (novel by Mosley)
Walter Mosley: …books in the series included Rose Gold (2014), Charcoal Joe (2016), and Blood Grove (2021).
- rose handler’s disease (disease)
sporotrichosis, subacute or chronic infection with the fungus Sporothrix, primarily Sporothrix schenckii. Infection usually is characterized by a chancre at the site of inoculation and, extending from the site, a chain of hard, red, pus-generating lumps along the lymphatics of the skin and
- Rose Hill (hill, Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest: Buda: Rózsa (Rose) Hill, the third hill near the river, lies north of Castle Hill. It is the most fashionable district of Budapest, where Hungary’s elite have houses. The Lukács (Lucas) Bath at the foot of the hill is frequented by Budapest’s literati.
- Rose Hill (New South Wales, Australia)
Parramatta, city within the Sydney metropolitan area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the 15-mile- (24-km-) long Parramatta River (which enters Port Jackson harbour). The second European settlement in Australia, it was founded in 1788 by Governor Arthur Phillip as a western
- rose hip (plant anatomy)
rose: Major species and hybrids: rugosa), produce edible rose hips, which are a rich source of vitamin C and are sometimes used in preserves.
- Rose Hobart (film by Cornell [1936])
Joseph Cornell: His best-known early film is Rose Hobart (1936), a short reedited version of the B-movie East of Borneo (1931). As Cornell’s title suggests, his film focused entirely on the original film’s star, Rose Hobart, whom he expertly extracted from the plot into 19 minutes of dramatic shots in which she…
- Rose in Bloom (novel by Alcott)
Louisa May Alcott: (1872–82); Eight Cousins (1875); and Rose in Bloom (1876).
- rose leafhopper (insect)
leafhopper: The rose leafhopper (Edwardsiana rosae) is a serious rose and apple pest. It is creamy white to light yellow in colour and is about 3 mm long. It overwinters in the egg stage and produces two generations per year. It does not cause hopperburn.
- rose mallow (plant)
hibiscus, (genus Hibiscus), genus of numerous species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in the mallow family (Malvaceae) that are native to warm temperate and tropical regions. Several are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flowers, and a number are useful as fibre plants. The leaves are often
- Rose Marie (work by Friml and Hammerstein II)
Rudolf Friml: Rose Marie (1924; book and lyrics by Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II), best remembered for the song “Indian Love Call,” was followed in 1925 by The Vagabond King (book and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post), with its popular songs “Only a Rose” and…
- rose midge (insect)
gall midge: The rose midge (Dasyneura rhodophaga) infests the young buds and shoots of roses and is a serious pest in greenhouses but rarely outside. Some other serious pests are the wheat midge, sorghum midge, rice midge, clover midge, and pear midge. Tobacco fumigation and dust on soil…
- rose moss (plant, Portulaca grandiflora)
purslane: Rose moss (P. grandiflora), a trailing fleshy species, is cultivated as a garden ornamental for its brightly coloured, sometimes doubled flowers. All plants of the genus are known for their persistence; they grow well even in dry waste soil and can retain enough moisture to…
- rose moss (plant, Rhodobryum roseum)
rose moss, (Rhodobryum roseum; formerly Bryum roseum), moss of the subclass Bryidae, found throughout most of the world in woods or sheltered grassy places. Rose moss seldom forms sporophytes and capsules (spore cases); it reproduces primarily by stolons (horizontal stems that root at the nodes).
- rose Natal grass (plant)
Natal grass, (Melinis repens), tufted grass of the family Poaceae, native to southern Africa. Natal grass is cultivated as a forage and ornamental grass and is considered an invasive species in some areas outside its native range, particularly in Australia and parts of the Americas. Natal grass
- rose noble (English coin)
coin: Gold coinage: …rose on the ship (rose noble, or ryal) and raised its value to 10 shillings, while a new gold coin, the angel, was introduced to replace the old value of the noble; the penny was reduced to 12 grains. The angel is so called from its type of St.…
- Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly (work by Garland)
Hamlin Garland: His next novel, Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly (1895), tells the story of a sensitive young woman who rebels against the drudgery of farm life and goes to Chicago to pursue her talent for literature. Garland’s critical theory of “veritism,” set forth in the essay collection Crumbling Idols (1894),…
- rose of Jericho (plant)
rose of Jericho, either of two species of unrelated plants known for their ability to survive dessication. The true rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica) is native to western Asia and is the only species of the genus Anastatica of the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The small gray plant curls
- Rose of Lima, St. (Peruvian saint)
St. Rose of Lima ; canonized April 12, 1671; feast day August 23, formerly August 30) was the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron saint of Peru and all of South America as well as of embroiderers, gardeners, and florists. Born
- Rose of Persia, The (work by Sullivan)
Ellen Beach Yaw: …Sir Arthur Sullivan’s comic opera The Rose of Persia; the soprano role had been written especially for her. The opera was a great success, and it won Yaw an admiring patroness who sponsored her study with Mathilde Marchesi in Paris. While there, Yaw sang at the Opéra-Comique, and after a…
- rose of Sharon (plant, Hibiscus species)
rose of Sharon, (Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca), shrub or small tree, in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Asia but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers. It can attain a height of 3 metres (10 feet) and generally assumes a low-branching
- rose of Sharon (plant)
Saint-John’s-wort: Creeping Saint-John’s-wort (H. calycinum), sometimes known as rose of Sharon or Aaron’s-beard, and goldencup Saint-John’s-wort (H. patulum) are both shrubby East Asian species. Creeping Saint-John’s-wort bears pale yellow flowers with orange stamens on 30-cm- (1-foot-) tall plants, while goldencup Saint-John’s-wort has slightly smaller deep yellow…
- rose oil (essential oil)
attar of roses, fragrant, colourless or pale-yellow liquid essential oil distilled from fresh petals of Rosa damascena and R. gallica and other species of the rose family Rosaceae. Rose oils are a valuable ingredient of fine perfumes and liqueurs. They are also used for flavouring lozenges and
- rose order (plant order)
Rosales, the rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, 261 genera, and more than 7,700 species. Rosales, which is in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots, is related to other orders with members that can undergo nitrogen fixation (for example the legumes of the
- rose paprika (seasoning)
paprika: The rose paprika of Hungary is generally considered the finest variety. It is made from choice dark red pods that have a sweet flavour and aroma. A sharper Hungarian variety, Koenigspaprika, or king’s paprika, is made from the whole pepper.
- Rose Parade (festival)
pageant: The Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif., one of the most famous parades in the world, precedes the annual Rose Bowl college football game.
- Rose Period (art)
Pablo Picasso: The move to Paris and the Rose Period: …to 1906 in the so-called Rose Period by those of pottery, of flesh, and of the earth itself (The Harem [1906]). Picasso seems to have been working with colour in an attempt to come closer to sculptural form, especially in 1906 (Two Nudes; La Toilette). His Portrait of Gertrude Stein…
- rose pogonia (plant)
Pogonia: Snakemouth (P. ophioglossoides), also known as rose pogonia and adder’s mouth, is common in bogs and swamps of eastern North America. The plant is about 8 to 53 cm (3 to 21 inches) tall. The Asian pogonia (P. japonica) grows in moist open areas of…
- rose point (lace)
Venetian needle lace: Rose point (point de rose) was less grandiose than gros point but even more ornamented with many little loops (picots) and rosettes; lace with more light bars of thread (brides) worked with such motifs as picots and stars like snowflakes was called point de neige…
- rose quartz (mineral)
rose quartz, translucent, usually turbid, very coarse-grained variety of the silica mineral quartz found in pegmatites. Rose quartz is valued for its pale- to rich-pink colour, which may be due to titanium. It has been carved since early times and has been faceted to provide gems of good
- rose subfamily (plant subfamily)
Rosales: Evolution: In the subfamily Rosoideae, fruits of Potentilla and Rubus are known from the Pliocene Epoch (about 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago) and the Oligocene Epoch (33.9 to 23.1 million years ago) of western Europe, respectively. Leaves, thorns, branchlets, calyx fragments, and fruits of Rosa (rose genus) are…
- Rose Tattoo, The (play by Williams)
Marisa Tomei: …Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’s The Rose Tattoo.
- Rose Tattoo, The (film by Mann [1955])
James Wong Howe: …Awards for his work on The Rose Tattoo 1955) and Hud (1963).
- Rose Theatre (theater, London, United Kingdom)
Rose Theatre, London playhouse built by Philip Henslowe and in active use from 1587 until about 1605. Henslowe and his partner, John Cholmley, had the theatre constructed on a leased rose garden on the South Bank of the Thames. The building was octagonal in shape, partly thatched, and made of
- rose window (architecture)
rose window, in Gothic architecture, decorated circular window, often glazed with stained glass. Scattered examples of decorated circular windows existed in the Romanesque period (Santa Maria in Pomposa, Italy, 10th century). Only toward the middle of the 12th century, however, did the idea appear
- Rose, Axl (American musician)
AC/DC: …Guns N’ Roses front man Axl Rose. In 2016, after the Rock or Bust tour was completed, Williams announced his retirement. AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Rose, Barbara (American critic)
art criticism: Art criticism at the turn of the 21st century: American critic Barbara Rose, who rose to prominence in the 1960s for her formalist criticism—in “One-Dimensional Criticism” (1966) she wrote that she thought it “was developed in order to place art criticism on a less impressionistic, more abstract plane of discussion”—opted out of it after realizing that…
- Rose, Billy (American composer)
Billy Rose was an American theatrical impresario and composer of more than 50 song hits. Rose became an expert at taking shorthand dictation and during World War I was the chief stenographer for the financier Bernard Baruch, head of the War Industries Board. In the 1920s he began to write songs and
- Rose, Derrick (American basketball player)
Chicago Bulls: …play of star point guard Derrick Rose, the Bulls posted the best record in the NBA during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 regular seasons, but the team lost in the Eastern Conference finals in the former season and was upset by the eighth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in the latter after Rose was…
- Rose, Ernestine (American social reformer)
Ernestine Rose was a Polish-born American reformer and suffragist, an active figure in the 19th-century women’s rights, antislavery, and temperance movements. Born in the Polish ghetto to the town rabbi and his wife, Ernestine Potowski received a better education and more freedom than was typical
- Rose, Fred (American singer and songwriter)
Fred Rose was a U.S. singer and songwriter, a pioneer of country music. He grew up in St. Louis, and he performed at Chicago nightclubs as a teenager. He wrote and recorded popular music in the 1920s, including “Honest and Truly.” As country music emerged, Rose became one of its foremost
- Rose, George (British-born actor)
George Rose was a British-born actor who for decades was a multitalented star on Broadway. Rose excelled in comic roles ranging from Shakespeare to Gilbert and Sullivan. He garnered two Tony Awards, in the role of the master of ceremonies in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985–87) and as Alfred P.
- Rose, Gustav (German crystallographer and mineralogist)
Rose family: His brother, Gustav Rose (b. March 18, 1798, Berlin—d. July 15, 1873, Berlin), was perhaps the most celebrated member of the family. He began his career as a mining engineer but soon turned his attention to theoretical studies. He graduated in 1820 from Berlin University where he…
- Rose, Heinrich (German chemist)
niobium: In 1844 a German chemist, Heinrich Rose, discovered what he considered to be a new element occurring along with tantalum and named it niobium after Niobe, the mythological goddess who was the daughter of Tantalus. After considerable controversy it was decided that columbium and niobium were the same element. Eventually…
- Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and of Jhansi (British field marshal)
Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and of Jhansi was a British field marshal and one of the ablest commanders during the Indian Mutiny (1857–58). Son of the diplomat Sir George Rose, he was educated and received his military training in Berlin and entered the British army in 1820.
- Rose, Iain Murray (Australian swimmer)
Murray Rose was an Australian swimmer who won six Olympic medals and was the first man to swim the 1,500-metre freestyle in less than 18 minutes. At age 17 Rose became the youngest Olympian to win three gold medals during one Olympics. At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia, Rose set an Olympic
- Rose, Irwin (American biochemist)
Irwin Rose was an American biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Aaron J. Ciechanover and Avram Hershko for their joint discovery of the process by which the cells of most living organisms remove unwanted proteins. Rose received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of
- Rose, Irwin Allan (American biochemist)
Irwin Rose was an American biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Aaron J. Ciechanover and Avram Hershko for their joint discovery of the process by which the cells of most living organisms remove unwanted proteins. Rose received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of
- Rose, John (English potter)
Coalport porcelain: …in Shropshire, England, founded by John Rose in 1795. “Coalbrookdale Porcelain” was used sometimes as a trade description and a mark because the factory was located at Coalbrookdale. Coalport’s glazed bone china was in great demand and improved greatly in quality about 1820 with the refinement of a hard, white…
- Rose, John, II (English potter)
Coalport porcelain: John Rose II, succeeding in 1828, lavishly imitated the French Sèvres style as well as the styles of Chelsea and Derby, with versions of their respective turquoise, claret, and mazarine blue. Gilded and molded ornamental ware with mass incrustations of flowers, after Meissen, was frequent.…
- Rose, Leonard (American cellist)
Isaac Stern: …pianist Eugene Istomin and cellist Leonard Rose. Among their acclaimed recordings were the complete trios of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Johannes Brahms. The group toured extensively, and to honour Beethoven’s bicentennial they performed a series of concerts around the world. Following Rose’s death in 1984, Stern teamed up…
- Rose, Lionel (Australian boxer)
Lionel Rose was an Australian professional boxer, world bantamweight champion, 1968–69. He was the first Aboriginal person to win a world boxing title. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Rose was age 16 when he made his professional boxing debut, and at age 18 he won the
- Rose, Murray (Australian swimmer)
Murray Rose was an Australian swimmer who won six Olympic medals and was the first man to swim the 1,500-metre freestyle in less than 18 minutes. At age 17 Rose became the youngest Olympian to win three gold medals during one Olympics. At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia, Rose set an Olympic
- rose, otto of (essential oil)
attar of roses, fragrant, colourless or pale-yellow liquid essential oil distilled from fresh petals of Rosa damascena and R. gallica and other species of the rose family Rosaceae. Rose oils are a valuable ingredient of fine perfumes and liqueurs. They are also used for flavouring lozenges and
- Rose, Pete (American baseball player)
Pete Rose is a professional baseball player who in 1985 exceeded Ty Cobb’s record for career hits (4,189). During his career, Rose was noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm. He was named Player of the Decade (1970–79) by The Sporting News. At the end of his career, he became better known
- Rose, Peter Edward (American baseball player)
Pete Rose is a professional baseball player who in 1985 exceeded Ty Cobb’s record for career hits (4,189). During his career, Rose was noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm. He was named Player of the Decade (1970–79) by The Sporting News. At the end of his career, he became better known
- Rose, Ralph Waldo (American shot-putter)
Ralph Rose and Martin Sheridan: The Battle of Shepherd’s Bush: Sultry heat and pelting rain turned the road through the exhibition grounds into “a sea of liquid mud,” marring the 1908 Olympics, according to the The Times of London. A much greater problem, however, was bitter partisanship that had emerged between the United States and…
- Rose, Ruth (American screenwriter)
Ernest B. Schoedsack: Early life and work: He met and later married Ruth Rose, a former stage actress who was the expedition’s official historian and who would later collaborate on several Cooper-Schoedsack productions. Meanwhile, Grass had been distributed by Paramount Pictures, and that studio’s production head, Jesse Lasky, funded a second natural drama. Chang: A Drama of…
- Rose, Sir Michael (British military officer)
Sir Michael Rose is a British military officer who commanded United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–95) during the disintegration of Yugoslavia. After studying at the University of Oxford and at the Sorbonne, Rose was commissioned in 1964 into the Coldstream Guards.
- Rose, The (film by Rydell [1979])
Mark Rydell: …his first major hit with The Rose. The drama featured Bette Midler in a breakthrough role as a Janis Joplin-like rock singer who is self-destructive. Frederic Forrest played her boyfriend, and both performers were nominated for Oscars. Rydell then scored his biggest success—both critically and commercially—with On Golden Pond (1981),…
- Rose, The (sculpture by DeFeo)
Jay DeFeo: …began working on her masterpiece, The Rose. She worked for eight years on what resulted in a nearly 11-foot- (3.3-metre-) high and 1,850-pound (839-kilogram) work of art which she created by applying and scraping off paint until she had built up a floral sculptural relief. The Rose was exhibited at…
- Rose, Valentine, the elder (German chemist)
Rose family: 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…
- Rose, Valentine, the younger (German chemist)
Rose family: ” 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 from 1797. It was he who in 1800 proved that sulfuric ether contains no sulfur. He had four sons,…
- rose-breasted grosbeak (bird)
grosbeak: …nest in North America: the rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) and the black-headed grosbeak (P. melanocephalus), which range east and west of the Rockies, respectively. Some authorities believe the two forms represent a single species, even though the coloration of the males’ underparts differs: red and white in the rose-breasted and…
- Rose-Coloured Map (Portuguese history)
Portugal: Overseas empire: …scheme known as the “Rose-Coloured Map,” which laid claim to a colony stretching across Africa from Angola to Mozambique, was recognized by France and Germany in 1886. However, Britain challenged Portugal’s claim to territory in central Africa (in what are now Malawi and Zimbabwe) and issued an ultimatum, dated…
- rose-coloured starling (bird)
locust bird: In India the rose-coloured starling is called locust bird.
- rose-geranium oil
geranium: … species are commercially important for geranium oil, an essential oil used in perfumery. Geranium oil, which is also called pelargonium oil, or rose-geranium oil, is colourless to pale yellow-brown or greenish and has an odour like that of roses. It is used chiefly in perfumes, soaps, ointments, and tooth and…
- Rose-Marie (film by Van Dyke [1936])
W.S. Van Dyke: Powell and Loy, Eddy and MacDonald: …Life (1935), Van Dyke made Rose-Marie (1936), the second Eddy-MacDonald musical. An even bigger hit than the first, it was perhaps the best of their showcases. San Francisco (1936; uncredited) proved that MacDonald could hold her own opposite the studio’s biggest star, Gable, in a primarily dramatic role. The classic…
- Roseanne (American television series)
Roseanne, American situation comedy that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network for nine seasons (1988–97) and a later nine-episode revival (2018). From its debut, the show enjoyed superior Nielsen ratings, including stints in the top three positions, and it remained in the top 20
- roseate cockatoo (bird)
cockatoo: …species is the 35-cm (14-inch) galah (Eolophus roseicapillus). It is pink with gray wings and sweeps through Australian skies in noisy, gregarious flocks. Galahs, also known as roseate cockatoos, pair for life and defend nest hollows together against intruders. They also cooperate to incubate and feed their two–six young. Newly…
- roseate spoonbill (bird)
spoonbill: …a rosy tinge, but the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), of North and South America, about 80 cm long, is deep pink with a white neck and upper back. It ranges from the Gulf Coast of Texas and the West Indies to Argentina and Chile. In some places it has been…
- Roseau (national capital, Dominica)
Roseau, capital and chief town of Dominica, an independent island republic in the Caribbean Sea. It lies on the island’s southwestern coast, at the mouth of the Roseau River. Roseau, formerly called Charlotte Town, was burned by the French in 1805 and again suffered nearly total destruction by a
- rosebay (plant)
oleander: The best known is the common oleander (N. oleander), often called rosebay. A native of the Mediterranean region, this plant is characterized by its tall shrubby habit and its thick lance-shaped opposite leaves. The flowers are borne in terminal clusters and are of a rose colour, rarely white or yellow.…
- Rosebery (Tasmania, Australia)
Rosebery, town, western Tasmania, Australia. It lies at the foot of Mount Black (3,117 feet [950 metres]) on the Pieman River. Rosebery was founded about 1900 after the discovery in 1893 of gold in Rosebery Creek and lead ore at nearby Mount Read. The town took its name from the mining company of
- Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of (prime minister of United Kingdom)
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of Rosebery was a British prime minister from March 3, 1894, to June 21, 1895; faced with a divided Cabinet and a hostile House of Lords, his ministry achieved little of consequence. His father, Archibald Primrose, son of the 4th earl, died before Archibald was
- Roseboro, John (American baseball player)
Juan Marichal: …hit Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro on the head with a bat. Indeed, the fact that a pitcher could amass the kind of statistics that Marichal did without ever winning the Cy Young Award (given annually to the outstanding pitcher in each league) shows how the altercation shadowed him.…
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe (people)
The Difference Between a Tribe and a Band: …such as the Sisseton (Dakota), Sicangu (Lakota), and Yankton (Nakota), came to be called bands.
- Roseburg (Oregon, United States)
Roseburg, city, seat (1854) of Douglas county, southwestern Oregon, U.S., on the South Umpqua River, between the Coast (west) and Cascade (east) ranges. Settled in 1851, it was known as Deer Creek but was renamed for Aaron Rose, who laid out the town site in 1854. The city’s economy was based for
- Rosecrance, Richard (author)
cultural globalization: Challenges to national sovereignty and identity: Similarly, Richard Rosecrance, in The Rise of the Virtual State (1999), wrote that military conflicts and territorial disputes would be superseded by the flow of information, capital, technology, and manpower between states. Many scholars disagreed, insisting that the state was unlikely to disappear and could continue…
- Rosecrans, William S (United States general)
William S. Rosecrans was a Union general and excellent strategist early in the American Civil War (1861–65); after his defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga (September 1863), he was relieved of his command. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1842, Rosecrans served 12
- Rosecrans, William Starke (United States general)
William S. Rosecrans was a Union general and excellent strategist early in the American Civil War (1861–65); after his defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga (September 1863), he was relieved of his command. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1842, Rosecrans served 12
- Rosedale (Kansas, United States)
Kansas City: Rosedale, also south of the river and the seat of the University of Kansas Medical Center, was annexed in 1922. Absorbed earlier was Quindaro, which had been founded by antislavery leaders as a free port on the Missouri. The entire metropolitan area is subject to…
- Rosedale (Ontario, Canada)
Toronto: City layout: …northeast of Queen’s Park is Rosedale, one of the most attractive residential areas in Toronto. It is an older neighborhood of dignified houses and winding tree-lined streets quite close to the downtown center, which itself contains many attractive streets of modest well-designed houses. South of Rosedale and bounded on the…
- rosefinch (bird)
rosefinch, any of the 21 or so species of the genus Carpodacus, of the songbird family Fringillidae. Rosefinches are about 15 cm (6 inches) long and mostly gray or brownish; males are red on the head, breast, and rump. The common, or scarlet, rosefinch (C. erythrinus) of Eurasia, sometimes called
- rosefish (fish)
redfish, (Sebastes norvegicus), commercially important food fish of the scorpionfish family, Scorpaenidae (order Scorpaeniformes), found in the North Atlantic Ocean along European and North American coasts. Also known as ocean perch or rosefish in North America and as Norway haddock in Europe, the
- Rosegger, Peter (Austrian writer)
Peter Rosegger was an Austrian writer known for his novels describing provincial life. The son of a farmer, Rosegger became a travelling tailor and then studied at a commercial school in Graz, Austria. His first published work (1869) was a collection of poems in dialect, but he soon began to write
- Roseingrave, Thomas (Irish writer)
Domenico Scarlatti: Early life and vocal works: Italy: …have met a young Irishman, Thomas Roseingrave, who many years later described Domenico’s harpsichord playing to the English musicologist Charles Burney as sounding as if “ten hundred d…s had been at the instrument; he had never heard such passages of execution and effect before.” Scarlatti may have also formed a…
- Roseires Dam, Er- (dam, Sudan)
Sudan: Mechanized agriculture: …Atbara River and by Al-Ruṣayriṣ Dam, which provides irrigation water for the Rahad Scheme.
- Roseland Theater (theater, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Viola Desmond: Roseland Theatre: On the evening of November 8, 1946, Desmond made an unplanned stop in the small community of New Glasgow after her car broke down en route to a business meeting in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Told that the repair would take a number of…
- rosella (plant)
roselle, (Hibiscus sabdariffa), plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group. Roselle is probably native to West Africa and includes Hibiscus sabdariffa, variety altissima, grown for fibre, and H. sabdariffa, variety sabdariffa, cultivated for the
- rosella (bird)
rosella, any of several species of popular caged birds, particularly certain Australian species, classified as parakeets. See
- roselle (plant)
roselle, (Hibiscus sabdariffa), plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group. Roselle is probably native to West Africa and includes Hibiscus sabdariffa, variety altissima, grown for fibre, and H. sabdariffa, variety sabdariffa, cultivated for the
- Roselle and Roselle Park (borough, New Jersey, United States)
Roselle and Roselle Park, boroughs (towns) in Union county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., adjoining Elizabeth on the west. Originally part of Linden until 1894, Roselle was settled before the American Revolution; Abraham Clark, one of New Jersey’s signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a
- Roselle Park (borough, New Jersey, United States)
Roselle and Roselle Park: Roselle Park, boroughs (towns) in Union county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., adjoining Elizabeth on the west. Originally part of Linden until 1894, Roselle was settled before the American Revolution; Abraham Clark, one of New Jersey’s signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a native son.…
- Rosellini, Ippolito (Italian scholar)
Egyptology: He and an Italian scholar, Ippolito Rosellini, led a combined expedition to Egypt in 1828 and published their research in Monuments de l’Égypte et Nubie. Karl Richard Lepsius followed with a Prussian expedition (1842–45), and the Englishman Sir John Gardner Wilkinson spent 12 years (1821–33) copying and collecting material in…
- rosemaling (Scandinavian art form)
Norway: The arts: …Scandinavian decorative art form called rosemaling, widely practiced in Norway, involves painting objects such as furniture with floral designs; special schools called folkehøgskoler offer classes in this and other crafts.
- rosemary (herb)
rosemary, (Salvia rosmarinus), small evergreen plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae), the leaves of which are used to flavour foods. Native to the Mediterranean region, rosemary has naturalized throughout much of Europe and is widely grown in gardens in warm climates. The leaves have a pungent,
- Rosemary’s Baby (novel by Levin)
William Castle: King of the Gimmick: …the film rights to the novel Rosemary’s Baby (1967) by Ira Levin, but Paramount studio head Robert Evans refused to allow Castle to direct. Instead, Roman Polanski was handed the reins, and Castle served only as a producer. The horror film (1968) was a box-office smash and became a classic…