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3 unusual facts about Alexander Ross


1642 in poetry

Alexander Ross, Mel Heliconium; or, Poeticall Honey

Johannes Wolleb

It was translated into English by Alexander Ross, as Abridgement of Christian Divinitie (1650).

John Rhind

His Glasgow experience, and bold if unacademic handling of Gothic and Scots baronial forms quickly made him a serious rival to Alexander Ross.


Ashby Magna railway station

Architecturally, the station was very similar to Whetstone in that it comprised a single island platform designed by Alexander Ross which allowed the tracks to pass either side of a central platform, and was intended to facilitate future expansion of the railway.

Idaho State Highway 75

In 1824, while searching the mountain wilderness of what is present day Idaho, known to them as Columbia District, for beaver, Alexander Ross came up the Wood River and discovered Galena Summit on September 18.

John Smith Murdoch

After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department.

Lutterworth railway station

The station was equipped with an island platform designed by Alexander Ross which allowed the tracks to pass either side of a central platform, and was intended to facilitate future expansion of the railway.

Wishram, Washington

Visitors included Thomas Farnham, Hudson's Bay Company Governor Sir George Simpson, Alexander Ross, Father Pierre Desmet and Joseph Drayton's party of the Wilkes Expedition, among others.


see also

Alexander Ross Clarke

Alexander Ross Clarke died on 11 February 1914 in Strathmore, Reigate, Surrey.