H. J. Rose

Herbert Jennings Rose FBA (5 May 1883, in Orillia – 31 July 1961, in St Andrews) was a Canadian-born British classical scholar, best remembered as the author of A Handbook of Greek Mythology, originally published in 1928, which became for many years the standard student reference book on the subject, reaching a sixth edition by 1958.

Rose was born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, to a family of Scottish descent.

He attended McGill University, where he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, with which he went on to Balliol College, Oxford.

He drew a chess game on Board 1 with the famous J R Capablanca in a cable match between American and English universities on 23 March 1907.

Rose is best remembered as the author of A Handbook of Greek Mythology, which was published in 1928.