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Ross, James Clark
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
ROSS, JAMES CLARK ( b . London, England, 15 April 1800; d . Aylesbury, England, 3 April 1862) polar navigation, geomagnetism . Ross, the third son of George Ross, entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in April 1812 and served...
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Ross, Frank Elmore
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
ROSS, FRANK ELMORE ( b . San Francisco, California...California, 21 September 1960) astronomy . Ross was one of the most versatile astronomers...mathematics at the University of Nevada. Ross then returned to Berkeley, where he received...
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Ross, Ronald
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
ROSS, RONALD ( b . Almora, Nepal, 13 May 1857...England, 16 September 1932) medicine . Ross, the eldest of ten children of a British...interest in the arts took up much of his time. Ross published plays, short dramas, romances...
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Ross, Helen (1890-1978)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
ROSS, HELEN (1890-1978) Helen Ross, a psychoanalyst and administrator, was born March 16, 1890...1978, in Washington, D.C. One of seven children, Helen Ross was born into a family that highly valued education. Her older...
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Ross, Betsy
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Ross, Betsy (1752–1836) seamstress...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she married John Ross, an Anglican, in 1773 and as a result was expelled from her native Quaker church. John Ross was killed in a gunpowder explosion in January...
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Ross, Sir James Clark
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Ross, Sir James Clark (1800–62). Ross was involved in eight Arctic and Antarctic expeditions after...Those of 1818 and 1829–33 were with his uncle John Ross , those of 1819–20, 1821–3, and 1824...
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Harrison, Ross Granville
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Harrison, Ross Granville ( b . Germantown, Pennsylvania...bank notes; William ’ s son, Ross ’ s grandfather, was an engraver and cartographer. Samuel Harrison, Ross ’ s father, was a mechanical...
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Ross, James Stewart, 1st duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Ross, James Stewart, 1st duke of [S] ( c...elder brother (1486); and made him duke of Ross, an act that precipitated Rothesay into the...continued. James IV solved this problem by making Ross archbishop of St Andrews (1497). Chancellor...
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Ross, Sir John
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Ross, Sir John (1777–1856). Originally with the East India Company, Ross joined the navy in 1805 and became an Arctic explorer. He led the 1818 expedition which sailed into Lancaster Sound from Baffin Bay but inexplicably turned...
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Ross, FrankElmore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Ross, FrankElmore (1874–1960)Americanastronomer. Working under S...large reflectors. A photographic survey (1924–39) yielded the Ross Catalogue of 869 stars with large proper motion. He photographed Mars and Venus...
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