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Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.
Biography
Ross created the fictional character Ally Sloper for the British magazine Judy in 1867,[1] the popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884.[2] Ross originally was the illustrator of the character until his French-born wife, under the pseudonym Marie Duval, later took over the illustration.[1] He had a son, Charles.[3]
For a number of years, Ross was the editor of Judy.[3]
He contributed a series of engravings, entitled "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life. In a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season (1868) of Beeton's Christmas Annual.[4]
Ross was the author of six novels in genres ranging from Gothic penny dreadfuls to light romances.[3]
Works
- The Book of Cats (1868)
References
External links
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- ↑ The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature, Volume 31, p. 788. Sampson Low, 1868. At Google Books. Retrieved 5 June 2014.