Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918

Literary executor of Oscar Wilde.

From the description of Typewritten letter signed with initials : London, to Christopher Millard, 1907 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657709

From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : London, to Charles Glidden Osborne, 1906 Sept. 26-1907 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657713

Robert Baldwin Ross was a British author.

From the description of Letters to Norman, and to C. French, 1910-1914. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34969082

Biography

Robert Baldwin Ross was born in Tours, France in 1869. He was brought up in London, studied at Cambridge, then moved to Edinburgh as an apprentice journalist. He met Oscar Wilde in 1886 and remained his friend while Wilde was imprisoned from 1895-1897. Ross stayed in touch with Wilde and was present when Wilde died in November 1900. Ross was made Wilde's literary executor and later published a 14 volume set of his collected works. After Wilde's death, he became an art gallery director and art critic. He was involved in court cases with Lord Alfred Douglas and others between 1913 and 1915. He died in London in 1918 and asked to be cremated, his ashes placed in Oscar Wilde's tomb at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

From the guide to the Robert Baldwin Ross Collection, 1888-1951, (University of California, Los Angeles. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library)