examination, having worked in this role for at least 18 years. Death and legacy Rose died aged 58 on 9 May 1905 at Brooklyn House, 11 Marine Parade, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings. The cause of death was recorded as “carcinoma of mediavinal and mesentent glands 10 months” and pneumonia. Flora was present at her sister's death, although still recorded as resident in London. Rose was buried on 13 May 1905 in Tower Hamlets. She was described in her obituary in The Chemist and Druggist as “not by nature a fighter, but a bright and charming little woman, of an affectionate nature.” In 2019 she was added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sources Birth certificate, 1845 Census: 1871, 1881, 1901 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Registers Death certificate, 1905 Burial record, 1905 References Women pharmacists 1845 births 1905 deaths British pharmacists 19th-century British people People from Birmingham, Alabama