Ross, Sir John

Ross, Sir John, Arctic explorer, born in Wigtownshire; made three voyages, the first in 1811 under Parry; the second in 1829, which he commanded; and a third in 1850, in an unsuccessful search for Franklin, publishing on his return from them accounts of the first two, in both of which he made important discoveries (1777-1856).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Rosmini, Antonio Rosmini-Serbati * Rossano
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Roscrea
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of
Rosecrans, William Starke
Rosenkranz, Karl
Roses, Wars of the
Rosetta
Rosicrucians
Rosinante
Roslin
Rosmini, Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
Ross, Sir John
Rossano
Rossbach
Rosse, William Parsons, third Earl of
Rossetti, Charles Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, Christina Georgina
Rossetti, Gabriele
Rossi, Pellegrino
Rossini, Gioacchino
Rostock
Rostoff

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