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.