Malcolm Ross (literary critic)
| Malcolm Mackenzie Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 2, 1911 Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Died | November 4, 2002 (aged 91) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Cause of death | pneumonia |
| Alma mater |
University of New Brunswick University of Toronto Cornell University |
| Awards |
Guggenheim Fellowship Order of Canada Lorne Pierce Medal |
Malcolm Mackenzie Ross, OC FRSC (January 2, 1911 – November 4, 2002) was a notable Canadian literary critic.
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the son of Cora Elizabeth Hewitson and Charles Duff Ross, Ross attended Fredericton High School before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy from the University of New Brunswick in 1933. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1934 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1941.
Prior to receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell, he had lectured there in its English department. From 1941-42, Ross taught at Indiana University-Bloomington. From 1945 to 1950, he taught at the University of Manitoba. In 1949, Ross received a Guggenheim Fellowship and spent six months studying at Harvard University and six months writing Poetry & dogma: the transfiguration of eucharistic symbols in seventeenth century English poetry in Pasadena, California.
He was a professor of English at Queen's University. He was head of the Department of English from 1957 to 1960 and held the James Cappon Professorship in English from 1960 to 1962. In 1962, he went to the University of Toronto and was the Dean of Arts from 1962 to 1968. From 1968 to 1982, he was a professor and a Thomas McCulloch Professor at Dalhousie University. He was also among the original Editorial Advisors of the scholarly journal Dionysius.
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