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See also:ROSS, See also:ALEXANDER (1699-1784) , Scottish poet, See also:wad See also:born on the 13th of See also:April 1699 at Kincardine-O'Neil, See also:Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Marischal See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, and became See also:tutor to the See also:children of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Forbes of Craigievar. He became in 1732 schoolmaster of Lochlee, See also:Angus, where the See also:rest of his See also:life was spent. He had See also:long been in the See also:habit of See also:writing See also:verse for his own amusement, when in 1768 he published, at the See also:suggestion of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Beattie, The Fortunate Shepherdess . . . to which is (sic) added a few songs. This is a See also:pastoral narrative poem, written in obvious See also:imitation of See also:Allan See also:Ramsay's See also:Gentle Shepherd. Its affectations are chiefly on the See also:surface. The background of shepherd life as known to Ross, and the rather sordid _motives of the characters, despite their high-See also:sounding names of Helenore, Rosalind, &c., are depicted with uncompromising truth. He died at Lochlee, and was buried on the 26th of May 1784.
See Helenore, or the Fortunate Shepherdess, edited by See also:John Longmuir (1866); also H. See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker, Three Centuries of Scottish Literature (1893), ii. 28–34. The bulk of Ross's writings remain in MS.
End of Article: ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
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