About John Ross
Lived 1563 – 1607 (aged 43–44). John Ross was an English barrister and poet.
John Ross (1563–1607) was an English barrister and poet.
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.
Works Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa (1607) Ad Praesens Tempus Apostrophe on the Gunpowder Plot Tractatus Apologeticus defending the historian Geoffrey of Monmouth Memorial poem for Sir William Sackville, knighted by Henry IV of France and killed fighting for him.
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English barrister and poet
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John Ross was born in 1563.
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John Ross died in 1607.
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John Ross was a barrister and poet.
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John Ross was English.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: John Ross of the Inner Temple
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