 This prize also celebrates William Rose, the famous apothecary from the 18th century whose successful trial gave apothecaries the right to prescribe.The Rose-Hunt Prize is awarded by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners for outstanding service to general practice.Following the discovery that Rose's 99 Fylde Road surgery in Preston had become a public house known as The Guild, permission was obtained by the North West branch of the RCGP to install a memorial plaque.