Ross, Alexander Murdock

Born in 1916, in Embro, Ontario A.M. Ross graduated from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario with a B.A. (Hons.) in English in 1940. With the commencement of World War Two, Alexander Ross enlisted in the Canadian Army overseas, serving with 17th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. At the conclusion of hositilities and following an honorable discharge, with distinction, he received his M.A. from the same University in 1948. He then took a position as Lecturer at Lakehead Technical Institute in Port Arthur, Ontario, and in 1954, after spending a year at the Institute of Education at the University of London, joined the Faculty as a Professor of English at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario. Following the reorganization of the College into the University of Guelph in 1964, he became Chairman of the Department of English Language and Literature in the University's College of Arts. Since his retirement in 1978, he has devoted himself to travelling and the writing of numerous articles and a number of books. Alexander M. Ross lived for many years in Portland, Ontario, before removing to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he resided until his death on 16 April 2010.