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
See Ross in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rôs, rŏs), Betsy Griscom 1752-1836.
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.