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unusual facts about Murray G. Ross


Murray G. Ross

He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.


Aaron Y. Ross

That same year, between Fort Benton and Sun River, Montana his stage was accosted by 25 Native Americans, whom he repulsed in a running battle, killing five.

Alan S. C. Ross

A patrilineal descendant of Robert the Bruce, he was the elder son of Archibald Campbell Carne Ross of Penzance and Brecon (through whom he descended also from Joseph Carne, of the Batten, Carne and Carne bank), and Millicent Strode Cobham.

He was educated at Lindisfarne in Blackheath, Naish House in Burnham-on-Sea, Malvern College and Christ College, Brecon.

Annie Meinertzhagen

Born Anne Constance Jackson, her parents were Major and Mrs Randle Jackson of Swordale, a village in eastern Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.

Arthur A. Ross

Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 - November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing Brubaker and co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Brownlow's Whig

Brownlow consistently refuted Wesley's critics, and two of his favorite targets were Presbyterian minister F. A. Ross and Baptist preacher J. R. Graves.

Charles J. Ross

Ross married actress Ada Towne (known professionally as Mabel Fenton) on June 9, 1887, during a stopover at Deadwood, South Dakota amidst a vaudeville tour of the American West.

Christopher W.S. Ross

Christopher W.S. Ross (born October 4, 1943 in Quito, Ecuador) is a former United States diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria.

Colin A. Ross

In 2008, Dr. Ross applied for the James Randi Educational Foundation's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge with the claim that energy from his eyes could cause a speaker, receiving no other input, to sound a tone.

Colin Ross

Colin A. Ross, American psychiatrist; clinician, researcher and author in the field of trauma related disorders

Curtis Martin

On November 11th, 2013, Martin was added to the Miami Dolphins five-man committee to develop the conduct code by owner Stephen M. Ross following a locker room hazing incident involving Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin.

David R. Ross

At the age of about 15, he became interested in the novels of Nigel Tranter, that inspired him to grow an interest in the history of Scotland, as he realised that the history curriculum in British schools was told from an England-centric perspective that ignored (or nearly so) the individual histories of the other countries forming the United Kingdom.

Dennis A. Ross

In 1996, Dennis ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate, losing to incumbent Democrat State Senator Rick Dantzler.

He went on to serve briefly as an Associate with the law firm of Holland & Knight and was in-house counsel to Walt Disney World.

Edmund G. Ross

A captain in the Eleventh Kansas Infantry, and later when the regiment became mounted cavalry, Ross had two horses shot out from under him during the skirmishing before the Battle of Westport.

George Lakoff

I came up with the beginnings of an alternative theory in 1963 and, along with wonderful collaborators like "Haj" Ross and Jim McCawley, developed it through the sixties.

Harold J. Ross

In 1962, Harold and his family relocated to White Sands, New Mexico, where Harold attended White Sands Elementary School.

Harold M. Ross

He was one of many anthropologists who worked and continue to study the island of Malaita including Ian Hogbin, Harold Scheffler, Roger Keesing, Matthew Cooper, Ben Burt and David Akin.

Harold M. Ross is a cultural anthropologist who studied the Baegu community and culture on the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands.

Henry H. Ross

Ross was elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

Howard Ross

Howard E. Ross (1921–2010), national president of the Canadian Home Builders' Association

Jerry Ross

Jerry L. Ross (born 1948), United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut

Jimmy D. Ross

He served as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command, from 1984 to 1986 and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Depot System Command, from 1986 to 1987.

Joe E. Ross

Jackie Gleason had already been playing there for 16 weeks, and the manager was about to ask Gleason to stay a while longer.

Joe Ross

Joe E. Ross (1914–1982), American actor born in New York City

Kenneth Ross

Kenneth G. Ross (born 1941), Australian playwright and screenwriter

Kevin A. Ross

Along with serving as one of the producers on the Emmy nominated America's Court, Ross also appears on various cable and radio outlets such as Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, Black Entertainment Television (BET), NPR, The Tom Joyner Morning Show and KJLH 102.3 FM as a legal, political and social commentator.

In 2005 the Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) removed Judge Ross from office, stating he violated judicial canons pertaining to defendants’ constitutional rights, public comments made on KCET, and his involvement in a television court show pilot.

At a 2009 business meeting with comedian Byron Allen to discuss an online media venture, Allen was so impressed with Ross that he made him a deal right on the spot to host a court show for Entertainment Studios.

Kevin Ross

Kevin A. Ross (born 1963), television host of America's Court with Judge Ross

Manley Power

When in England, Manley Power and his family lived in Hill Court Manor, Walford, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Marcus R. Ross

He has also been interviewed by Christian radio stations, and was featured in DVD lectures arguing why he believes intelligent design is a better explanation than evolution for the Cambrian explosion, a 70 million to 80 million year diversification of invertebrate animal life about 530 MYA.

Mary G. Ross

"A gifted child, she was sent to live with her grandparents in the Cherokee Nation capital of Tahlequah to attend school."

As an advanced systems engineer, Miss Ross worked on the Polaris reentry vehicle and engineering systems for manned space flights.

Michael Ross

Michael P. Ross (born 1972), city council member, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999–present

Ossian M. Ross

Betty Ross Clarke, a great granddaughter of Ossian Ross, was an American stage actress and film starlet.

Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood

The acclaimed biography took ten years to complete and was published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross in Canada and by the University Press of Kentucky in the United States.

Prima facie

Among its most notable uses is in the theory of ethics first proposed by W. D. Ross, often called the Ethic of Prima Facie Duties, as well as in epistemology, as used, for example, by Robert Audi.

Stephen Ross

Stephen M. Ross (born 1940), Miami Dolphins owner, real estate developer, and founder of The Related Companies

Thaddeus McCarthy

The same year (1896) clerics in Ivrea agreed to donate major relics of Blessed Thaddeus to the dioceses of Cork & Ross and Cloyne.

Thomas R. Ross

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825).

United States v. Ross

It attempts to preclude arguments that certain types of containers are more or less "worthy" of privacy protection than others, poetically stating that "... the most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion" (derived from an earlier Supreme Court quote which was in turn attributed to William Pitt).

Wilburn K. Ross

On that day, near Saint-Jacques, France, Ross manned a machinegun through repeated German assaults, holding off the enemy even after his supporting riflemen had run out of ammunition.


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