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Ross, Betsy (Mrs. Elizabeth Griscom Ross) 1752-1836; Am. woman reputed to have made the first Am. flag with stars and stripes
Ross, Harold W(allace) 1892-1951; U.S. magazine editor
Ross, Sir James Clark 1800-62; Brit. polar explorer
Ross, Sir John 1777-1856; Brit. arctic explorer, born in Scotland: uncle of Sir James
Ross, Sir Ronald 1857-1932; Eng. pathologist, born in India

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American seamstress who, according to tradition, made the first American flag (June 1776) at the request of George Washington.

, Harold Wallace 1892-1951.

American publisher who founded and edited (1925-1951) the New Yorker magazine.

, Sir James Clark 1800-1862.

British polar explorer who located the north magnetic pole (1831). On an Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) he discovered Victoria Land and the Ross Sea.

, John Originally Coowescoowe or Kooweskoowe. 1790-1866.

Cherokee leader who reluctantly directed the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to the Oklahoma Territory (1838-1839) along a route called the Trail of Tears.

, Sir John 1777-1856.

British naval officer and Arctic explorer whose expeditions (1818 and 1829-1833) in search of the Northwest Passage yielded several geographic discoveries.

, Nellie Tayloe 1876-1977.

American politician who was elected (1924) to complete her deceased husband's term as governor of Wyoming (1925-1927), thereby becoming the first woman governor in the United States.

, Sir Ronald 1857-1932.

British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for discovering that mosquitoes transmit malaria.

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