NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ross, Janet, 1842-1927 DNB: Ross [née Duff Gordon], Janet Ann (1842-1927), traveller and author LBT ID: JaRoss1927 VIAF ID: 54518827 LOC ID: n85820060 | B/BAP: 1842-02-24 DIED: 1927-08-23 |
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Writer and traveller, the daughter of Alexander Cornewall Duff Gordon (1811-1872) and
granddaughter of the translator Sarah Austin (1793-1867). As a child she knew Caroline
Norton, W. M. Thackeray, and Samuel Rogers. | |