George A. Ross

George Angus Ross (1854 – June 29, 1888) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1889 as a Liberal member.

Early life and education[]

He was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of William Ross, a Scottish immigrant, and was educated at the Academy there. Ross was called to the bar in 1875.

Career[]

He served as a captain in the militia. As a Nova Scotia Liberal, he supported the repeal of Confederation.^[1] Ross died in office.

Essay on evolution[]

In 1874 Ross published an essay discussing the evidence in favour of the evolution of species and arguing for the compatibility of Christianity with the natural science of evolution.^[2]^[3]

References[]

The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883 JA Gemmill

^ Lunenburg by the Sea, Nova Scotia Archives
^ Reynolds, Andrew; MacNeil, Christie; Jabalee, Mitchell (2020). "Reception of Darwinism in mid-to late Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia" (PDF). Scientia Canadensis: Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 42: 5–28. doi:10.7202/1071262ar. (See pages 15–17.)
^ Ross, Angus (1874). "Evolution". Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. 3 (4): 410–435.

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[1] Lunenburg by the Sea, Nova Scotia Archives

[2] Reynolds, Andrew; MacNeil, Christie; Jabalee, Mitchell (2020). "Reception of Darwinism in mid-to late Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia" (PDF). Scientia Canadensis: Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 42: 5–28. doi:10.7202/1071262ar. (See pages 15–17.)

[3] Ross, Angus (1874). "Evolution". Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. 3 (4): 410–435.

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