Anthony Ross (rector)
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Fr Ian Anthony Ross O.P.
, S.T.L.
, FSA (Scot) (14 June 1917 - 24 May 1993)
, Inverness-shire
, Scotland
, Anthony Ross was brought up Free Presbyterian
, attending school in Beauly and then Inverness Royal Academy
. He won an award to Edinburgh University
, where he edited his first book at the age of twenty-two. Entering the Catholic Church, he was cut off financially by his family. He entered the Dominican Order
at Woodchester
in 1939, made his profession on 19 October 1940, and was ordained priest on 29 September 1945.
. However in 1950 he was assigned to teach at Hawkesyard. He was elected Prior of Woodchester
a year later and then in 1954 went to Laxton Hall
where he was a popular teacher. Returning to Edinburgh in 1959, he exerted wide influence throughout Scotland. He was the founder of The Innes Review and of the Scottish Catholic Historical Association and vice-chairman of the Parole Board for Scotland. In 1979 he was elected Rector of the University of Edinburgh.
, near Perth, aged 78 with 52 years of profession and 47 years of priesthood.
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
, S.T.L.
Licentiate of Sacred Theology
Licentiate of Sacred Theology is the title of the second cycle of studies of a Faculty of Theology offered by a pontifical universities or ecclesiastical faculties of sacred theology. An Ecclesiastical Faculty offers three cycles of study: Baccalaureate or fundamentals, Licentiate or specialized,...
, FSA (Scot) (14 June 1917 - 24 May 1993)
Early life
Born near BeaulyBeauly
Beauly is a town of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire, on the River Beauly, 10 miles west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. Its population was 855 in 1901...
, Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire
The County of Inverness or Inverness-shire was a general purpose county of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided between the two-tier Highland region and the unitary Western Isles. The Highland...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, Anthony Ross was brought up Free Presbyterian
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1893 and claims to be the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation...
, attending school in Beauly and then Inverness Royal Academy
Inverness Royal Academy
Inverness Royal Academy is a secondary school located in the Culduthel area of Inverness, Highland, Scotland.- Catchment area :...
. He won an award to Edinburgh University
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
, where he edited his first book at the age of twenty-two. Entering the Catholic Church, he was cut off financially by his family. He entered the Dominican Order
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
at Woodchester
Woodchester
Woodchester is a Gloucestershire village in the Nailsworth Valley, a valley in the South Cotswolds in England, running southwards from Stroud along the A46 road to Nailsworth....
in 1939, made his profession on 19 October 1940, and was ordained priest on 29 September 1945.
Career
After obtaining his lectorate he returned to Edinburgh in 1947 to begin postgraduate studies on the Order in Scotland after the ReformationScottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...
. However in 1950 he was assigned to teach at Hawkesyard. He was elected Prior of Woodchester
Woodchester
Woodchester is a Gloucestershire village in the Nailsworth Valley, a valley in the South Cotswolds in England, running southwards from Stroud along the A46 road to Nailsworth....
a year later and then in 1954 went to Laxton Hall
Laxton, Northamptonshire
Laxton is a village in East Northamptonshire, seven miles east of Corby and approximately one mile west of the A43. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 160 people.-History:...
where he was a popular teacher. Returning to Edinburgh in 1959, he exerted wide influence throughout Scotland. He was the founder of The Innes Review and of the Scottish Catholic Historical Association and vice-chairman of the Parole Board for Scotland. In 1979 he was elected Rector of the University of Edinburgh.
Later life
In 1982 he was elected Provincial but six months later suffered a stroke. He bore the limitations on his activities with patience, re-learning to speak and to write. In 1988 he published an autobiography. He died peacefully at BlairgowrieBlairgowrie and Rattray
Blairgowrie and Rattray and Raitear is possibly from an English language cognate of Gaelic ràth, meaning fortress + a Pictish term cognate with Welsh tref, meaning settlement) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Amongst locals, the town is colloquially known simply as "Blair"...
, near Perth, aged 78 with 52 years of profession and 47 years of priesthood.