Rose, John Holland (1855–1942)

British historian. He became first Vere Harmsworth professor of naval history at Cambridge University in 1919, and was a leading authority on British history of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. His publications, of which several have become standard works, include Life of Napoleon I (1902) and William Pitt and the National Revival (1911).

Rose was born in Bedford, England. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He bequeathed a sum to Christ's College for the endowment of a scholarship to encourage the study of British imperial history.