John Merry Ross
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John Merry Ross LLD (1833–1883) was Scottish academic author and teacher. He was an expert on British poetry.
Life[]
He was born in Kilmarnock on 21 April 1833 and was the third son of George Ross and his wife Agnes Merry.[1]
He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy. In 1851 he matriculated at Glasgow University studying English Literature and Classics.[2]
He trained as a United Presbyterian minister but quit after three terms to instead be sub-editor of Chambers Encyclopedia. In 1866 he was appointed Senior English Master at the Royal High School, Edinburgh.[3]
In 1874 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Glasgow University.[4]
He lived his final years at 30 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[5]
He died in Edinburgh on 3 February 1883 aged only 49. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery
Publications[]
- The Poetical Works of William Cowper (1863)
- Poems of John Milton (1871)
- Scottish History and Literature to the Period of the Reformation
References[]
- ^ ODNB: J M Ross
- ^ https://electricscotland.com/history/other/ross_johnm.htm
- ^ ODNB: J M Ross
- ^ https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH9278&type=P
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1882
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