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 ROSS, SIR JOHN (1829–1905)

Born March 18, 1829 : son of F. M. Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B. : joined the Rifle Brigade, 1846 : served in the Crimea, at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, 1854–5 : in Indian mutiny, at the battle of Cawnpur and capture of Lucknow : at Kalpi, and in the Central India campaign, 1857–8 : Brevet-Lt-Col. and C.B. : N.W. Frontier, 1863–4 : Brig-General, Bengal 1874, and 1875–80 : commanded Perak expedition in the Malay Peninsula, 1875–6, and the Indian forces sent to Malta, 1878 : in the Afghan war, 1878–80, commanded 2nd Division Kabul Field Force : and in the Kabul-Kandahar march commanded the Infantry Division, and was second in command under Sir F. Roberts : K.C.B. : commanded the Poona Division of Bombay Army, 1881–6 : C. in C. Canada, 1888–93 : General and G.C.B., 1891 : Colonel Commandant of the Rifle Brigade, 1903 : died Jan. 5, 1905.

ROSS, PATRICK (1740?–1804)

Born about 1740 : joined the Engineers, 1758 : served in the W. Indies : Chief Engineer and Lt-Colonel at Madras, 1770 : Member of Council : Chief Engineer in operations against Tanjore, 1771–5 renovated the defences of Fort St. George at Madras, 1778 : served at the Cape against the Dutch and under Stuart against Tippoo, 1783 : at the siege of Cuddalore, 1783 : under Cornwallis in 1791 against Tippoo : took Savandrug, Dec. 1791 : at siege of Seringapatam, 1792 : Maj-General, 1797 : superintended operations of 1798–9 : went home in 1802 : M.P. for Horsham, 1802 : died Aug. 24, 1804.

ROSS, RONALD (1857–)

Major : son of General Sir C. C. G. Ross, (q.v.) K.C.B.: educated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London : entered Indian Medical Service, 1881 : commenced special study of malaria, 1892 : discovered life history of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, 1897–8 visited West Africa, 1899 : retired, 1890 author of scientific works : C.B., 1902 F.R.S., 1901 : F.R.C.S., 1901 : Professor of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool.

ROSS-KEPPEL, GEORGE ( ? - )

Major : joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 1886, and Indian Staff Corps, 1900 : served in the Burmese expedition, 1886–7 : Commandant Kuram Militia, 1894–7 : Political Officer with Kuram column, Tirah expedition, 1897–8 : N.W. Frontier. 1898–9 : C.I.E. and Brevet-Major, Political Officer in charge of Khyber Pass, 1899 : author of A Manual of Pushtu, etc. : F.R.G.S.

ROST, REINHOLD (1822–1896)

Born Feb. 2, 1822, at Eisenberg in Saxe-Altenburg : son of Charles Rost : educated at Jena University, Ph.D : came to England, 1847, and, 1851–96, was Oriental Lecturer at St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury : became Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, 1863, and Librarian at the India Office, 1869 : retired 1839 : LL.D., Edinburgh, 1877 : C.I.E., 1888 : knew 20 to 30 Oriental languages, including Sanskrit, Pali, Tamil, Telugu, Burmese, Malay, Malagasy, Swahili, besides Arabic, Urdu, and dialects of Africa, China, etc., some completely, some sufficiently to teach : he edited H. H. Wilson's Essays on Sanskrit Literature and the Religion of the Hindus : Brian Hodgson's Essays on Indian Subjects : Trubner's Oriental Record : and published papers on Indo-China : among his works were articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the Athenaum, on Oriental philology : a Treatise on the Indian Sources of the Ancient Burmese Laws, etc. etc. : one of the greaetst linguists of the age : honoured by learned Societies and decorated by foreign countries : died Feb. 7, 1896.

ROTH, RUDOLPH VON (1821–1895)

Born April 3, 1821, at Stuttgart : educated at Tiibingen, under Heinrich Ewald : took the degree of Ph. D. : studied at Paris under Burnouf : and in England, working at Vedic and Zend MSS. at the India House and the Bodleian : at Tubingen, 1846, published treatises on the Literature and History of the Vedas : in 1848 Extraordinary, and in 1856 Ordinary Professor, and Chief of the University Library : collaborating with Bohtlingk (q.v.) he dealt with the Vedic period in the Sanskrit Dictionary of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg, 1855–75 : he was the real founder of Vedic philology : edited the Atharva Veda : catalogued the Indian MSS. in the University Library of Tubingen, 1865 : contributed largely to scientific Journals, chiefly articles on