Author: Frederick Ross
Author: Frederick Ross (1816–1893)
Biography: Frederick Ross was born on 21 June 1816 in Beverley, the son of wine merchant Charles Ross. He was apprenticed to a Beverley linen draper before moving to work in London trade. On the side, he began contributing to periodicals and writing historical works. For a projected biographical dictionary of Yorkshire he accummulated over thirty years a several-foot high pile of manuscripts. In addition to nonfiction, he wrote the single novel Life Behind the Counter (1864) which drew upon his life in a shop. He never married and died on 14 January 1893 at his sisters' house in Driffield.
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References: Boase; British Census (1861, 1881)
Fiction Titles:
- Life Behind the Counter: Being Recollections of Edward Charlton. 1 vol. London: Henry Lea, 1864.