Editing Robbie Ross (section)

{{Short description|British journalist and art critic; lover of Oscar Wilde (1869–1918)}}
{{Other people|Robert Ross}}
{{for-multi|the Australian rugby league player|Robbie Ross (rugby league)|the baseball pitcher|Robbie Ross Jr.}}

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{{Infobox person
|birth_name        = Robert Baldwin Ross
|image       = Robert Ross at 24.jpg
|image_size  = 150px
|caption     = Robert Ross at twenty-four
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1869|05|25}}
|birth_place = [[Tours]], France
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1918|10|05|1869|05|25}}
|death_place = London, England
|other_names = Robbie Ross
|known_for   = Executor of the estate of Oscar Wilde
|occupation  = Journalist
|nationality = Canadian-British
}}
'''Robert Baldwin Ross''' (25 May 1869{{spaced ndash}}5 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 (Canadian politician)|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.<ref name="fryer">{{cite book |last1= Fryer|first1= Jonathan|author-link= Jonathan Fryer|title= Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's True Love|year= 2000|publisher= Constable & Robinson|location= London|isbn= 0-09-479770-6}}. (U.S. Title: ''Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's Devoted Friend'').</ref>