ROSS, Alan S. C.

ROSS, Alan Strode Campbell. 1.2.1907 — 23.9.1980. British Linguist. Son of Archibald Campbell Carne Ross of Penzance and Millicent Strode Cobham. Studies at Balliol College, Oxford, started with astronomy, but soon moved to English. B.A. 1929 Oxford, M.A. Birmingham. From 1929 Assistant Lecturer and 1936 Lecturer in English at University of…

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LING, Trevor O.

LING, Trevor Oswald. London 17.2.1920 — Long Eaton, Derbyshire 24.3.1995. British Scholar of Comparative Religion and Buddhism. Son of Albert Oswald Ling and Emma Meachen. Started to study for Baptist ministry, but in war service went to India. In Calcutta he met Hindu thought and started to learn Sanskrit and…

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