John Ross of the Inner Temple

John Ross (Latin: Johannes Rossus) (1563–1607) was an English barrister and poet.[1]

Life

Ross was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Westminster School. He entered the Inner Temple in 1584, having attended Trinity College, Cambridge as a sizar without taking a degree, and then moving to Lyon's Inn.[2][3]

Works
gollark: Which reminds me, time to `sudo pacman -Syu`.
gollark: I mean, I don't like forced updates, but it's better than *no* updates.
gollark: Doesn't having *no* updates even if you want them make it unsuitable for basically everything but a liveCD?
gollark: Can you though? Might a lot of Windows internals not expect CRLFs?
gollark: I just add random CRs to all my files!

References
  • Richard F. Hardin, Geoffrey among the Lawyers: Britannica (1607) by John Ross of the Inner Temple, The Sixteenth Century Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer, 1992) , pp. 235–249. Published by: The Sixteenth Century Journal. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2541888

Notes
  1. Hardin p. 235.
  2. Hardin p. 236.
  3. The Philological Museum, John Ross, Britannica (1607), Introduction.
  4. Johannes Rossus (1607). Ioannis Rossi ... Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa: cui accessit ad praesens tempus apostrophe ... et de fide & antiquitate huius historiae tractatus apologeticus. ex officina Matthiae Beckeri.
  5. Hardin, Richard F. "Sackville, Sir William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40547. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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