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Ross left many legacies, and his books were left to his friend Henley, an executor and guardian to a nephew, William Ross. Alexander Ross, 1648 engraving by William Faithorne. Among Ross's friends and patrons were Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham, John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and John Evelyn.
Alexander Ross (May 9, 1783 – October 23, 1856) was a Scots Canadian fur trader and author. [1] Early life. Ross emigrated to Upper Canada, present day , from ...
Alexander Ross (engineer) (1845–1923), Scottish railway engineer; Alexander Charles Ross (1847–1921), business executive and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada; Alexander Clark Ross, mayor of Sherbrooke, 1942–1944; Alex Ross (rower) (Sir Alexander Ross, 1907–1994), New Zealand-born banker and rower; Alexander David Ross (1883 ...
Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) [1] is an American comic book writer and artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels , on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics .
Alexander Ross was born to a farming family at Torphins in Aberdeenshire. [2] He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen [3] and worked as private tutor for the children of Sir William Forbes of Craigievar. [4] In 1732 he became a headmaster in Lochlee, Angus, where he would live until his death in 1784.
Alexander Ross, architect, around 1875. Alexander Ross FRIBA LLD (9 July 1834 – 19 May 1925) was a 19th/20th century Scottish architect specialising in churches, especially for the Free Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was Provost of Inverness from 1889 to 1895.
Alexander Ross was born in Scotland in 1742, the youngest of the five sons of Ross of Auchlossin. He entered the army as ensign in the 50th Regiment of Foot in February 1760. He was gazetted lieutenant in the 14th Regiment of Foot on 18 September 1765. After serving in Germany Ross returned to England in May 1775.
Alexander of Islay or Alexander MacDonald (died 1449; Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacDomhnaill, Dòmhnallach or MacDhòmhnaill) was a medieval Scottish nobleman who succeeded his father Domhnall of Islay as Lord of the Isles (1423–1449), later rising to the rank of Earl of Ross (1436–49).