Biography:

Chemist, university professor, dean. Born– December 25, 1864, Tuskegee. Parents– Bennett Battle and Charlotte Augusta (Walker) Ross. Married– Letitia Roane Dowdell, August 18, 1897. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1881; M.S., 1886; University of Gottingen and the University of Berlin. Taught at Louisiana State University, 1887-1893; assistant chemist. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1884-1887; professor of chemistry, 1893; dean, College of Agricultural Science, 1908-1921; Department of Science, 1921-; acting president, 1919-1920 and 1925. Ross Chemical Laboratories named in his honor. Member of the Auburn City Council, City School Board, State Board of Industrial Preparedness, and the Naval Consulting Board of the United States.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 26.

Joint_Publication(s):

Chemistry in Agriculture. New York; The Chemical Foundation, 1926.