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===At Cambridge=== In 1888, Ross was accepted at [[King's College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id= RS888RB|name=Ross, Robert Baldwin}}</ref> where he became a victim of [[bullying]], probably because of his [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], of which he made no secret, and perhaps also his outspoken journalism in the university paper. Ross caught [[pneumonia]] after being dunked in a fountain by other students who had, according to Ross, the full support of [[Arthur Augustus Tilley]], the Junior Tutor of King's.<ref>N. John Hall and Nina Burgis, ed., ''The Letters of Anthony Trollope'', Vol. 1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CYCaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA986 p. 986] (and see footnote</ref> After recovering, he fought for an apology from his fellow students, which he received, but he also sought the dismissal of Tilley. The college refused to punish Tilley (though he resigned as Junior Tutor) and Ross dropped out. Soon after that, he chose to "[[coming out|reveal his sexuality]]" to his parents.
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