Rose Agnes Greenwell

Rose Agnes Greenwell (January 8, 1894 – September 3, 1982) was an American Catholic nun and botanist. In 1932 she collected the holotype of Eupatorium resinosum var. kentuckiense, which the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society reported was the only known specimen of its type.^[1] With Liberty Hyde Bailey she discovered a Kentucky dewberry that he named Rubus rosagnetis in her honor.^[2][3][4]

Sister Rose Agnes Greenwell SCN PhD
Personal life
Born	(1894-01-08)January 8, 1894 Leonardtown, Maryland, US
Died	September 3, 1982(1982-09-03) (aged 88) Louisville, Kentucky, US
Religious life
Religion	Catholic

Early life and education

She graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1913 and then went to Notre Dame for an AB, graduating in 1926.^[5] She earned a master's in science from Marquette University in 1927.^[5] Her 1935 doctoral dissertation from the Catholic University of America in botany and biology was The Flora of Nelson County, Kentucky with a Selected list of Economically Important Plants, the first of its kind in that state in the 20th century, under the direction of the Rev. Hugh O'Neill.^[6][7] She published her dissertation as a book with Nazareth College that same year.^[8][9] Then she served on the faculty at Nazareth College (now Spalding University), becoming the head of the department of biology.^[10]

References

1. Tucker, Arthur O.; Dill, Norman H. (1989). "Nomenclature and Distribution of Eupatorium × truncatum, with Comments on the Status of E. resinosum var. kentuckiense (Asteraceae)". Castanea. 54 (1): 43–48. ISSN 0008-7475. JSTOR 4033490.
2. "Sister Rose Agnes Dies at 88". The Enterprise. September 22, 1982. pp. A12.
3. Gunn, Charles R. (1959). "A Flora of Bernheim Forest, Bullitt County, Kentucky". Castanea. 24 (3): 61–98. ISSN 0008-7475. JSTOR 4031814.
4. Davis, H. A.; Fuller, Albert M.; Davis, Tyreeca (1968). "Contributions toward the Revision of the Eubati of Eastern North America. III. Flagellares". Castanea. 33 (3): 206–241. ISSN 0008-7475. JSTOR 4032218.
5. Browne, Jr., Edward T. (1964). "Botany in Kentucky Since 1914". Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Vol. 25. Smithsonian Libraries. Kentucky Academy of Science. p. 79.
6. Tucker, Arthur O.; Poston, Muriel E.; Iltis, Hugh H. (1989). "History of the LCU Herbarium, 1895–1986". Taxon. 38 (2): 198, 203. doi:10.2307/1220834. ISSN 1996-8175. JSTOR 1220834.
7. America, The Catholic University of (July 1936). The Catholic University Bulletin. Vol. 4. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. p. 3.
8. "First Glances at New Books". The Science News-Letter. 29 (777): 143. 1936. ISSN 0096-4018. JSTOR 3913120.
9. America, The Catholic University of (November 1937). The Catholic University Bulletin. University History. Vol. 6. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America. p. 6.
10. Graney, Chris (April 18, 2023). "Science in the Bluegrass". The Record.