Robbie Ross
Robert Baldwin Ross (25 May 18695 October 1918) was a British journalist, art critic and art dealer, best known for his relationship with
Oscar Wilde, to whom he was a devoted friend, lover and
literary executor. A grandson of the Canadian reform leader
Robert Baldwin, and son of
John Ross and Augusta Elizabeth Baldwin, Ross was a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his early death, and mentored several literary figures, including
Siegfried Sassoon. His open homosexuality, in a period when male homosexual acts were illegal, brought him many hardships.
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