Frank Clifford Rose (born Rosenberg, 29 August 1926 – 1 November 2012) was a British neurologist, active in several journals and societies related to the specialty of neurology and its history, whose research contributed to the understanding of motor neurone disease, stroke and migraine.

He coedited the Headache Quarterly magazine for over 20 years, was editor-in-chief of the journal Neuroepidemiology and the Transactions of the Medical Society of London during the 1980s, and he wrote several books.

[1][3] Rose had six older siblings and attended the Central Foundation Boys' School in Cowper Street, but was evacuated at the age of 13 at the outbreak of the Second World War.

The encounter possibly led to Rose's later interest in neuro-ophthalmology, having, as a student, impressed Meadows with a diagnosis of primary optic atrophy.

[1][4][5] Rose's early medical training consisted of appointments in the specialties of paediatrics, general medicine, cardiology and rheumatology.

[1][8] In 1963, after turning down a job at the University of Rochester he returned to England to become consultant in neurology at the Royal Eye Medical Ophthalmology Unit at the Lambeth Hospital, where he was part of a team of three physicians including Geraint James.

He made significant contributions to the management of motor neurone disease, stroke and migraine, three areas of neurology which became increasingly important over time.

Between 1988 and 1991, he was the medical advisor to the Motor Neurone Disease Association, an organisation he co-founded, and was chairman of its research committee.

[15] In 2006, they moved to Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire,[citation needed] where 12 years earlier, he had organised the unveiling of a blue plaque at Thomas Willis's birthplace.