Robert Baldwin Ross
Robert Baldwin "Robbie" Ross (25 May 1869 in Tours, France – 5 October 1918 in London, England), a grandson of the Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, and son of John Ross and Augusta Elizabeth Baldwin, was a journalist, art critic and art dealer, probably best known for his relationship with Oscar Wilde, to whom he was a devoted friend and literary executor. 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.