John Ross (Royal Navy officer)
(重定向自Sir John Ross)
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Admiral Sir John Ross, RN, CB (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, minister of Inch in Wigtownshire, and Elizabeth Corsane, daughter of Robert Corsane, the Provost of Dumfries. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel. In 1808, he acted as a captain of the Swedish Navy and in 1812 became a Commander.