Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
[ Syn: ross , john ross , sir john ross ]
British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
[ Syn: ross , james clark ross , sir james clark ross ]
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
[ Syn: ross , sir ronald ross ]
a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
[ Syn: ross , nellie ross , nellie tayloe ross ]
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
[ Syn: ross , betsy ross , betsy griscom ross ]