Francis Rose MBE (29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an English field botanist and conservationist.
His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, lichens, higher plants, plant communities and woodlands.
He studied natural sciences at Chelsea Polytechnic and Queen Mary College, University of London, graduating with a degree in botany.
He obtained a PhD in 1953, studying the structure and ecology of British lowland bogs.
In 1964, he joined the geography department as Senior Lecturer in Biogeography at King's College London, becoming a Reader in 1975 until 1981.