Colquhoun
ARCHIBALD ROSS, an English traveler and writer, born in 1848. He was engaged in government service in Siam and other eastern countries, and in 1883-1884 made extensive tours of exploration for the purpose of finding a route for a railway between India and China. In 1890 he was appointed Administrator of Mashonaland. He visited Central America in 1895 in an investigation of Panama and Nicaragua canal projects. His numerous books on travel and politics include "The Opening of China" (1884); "English Policy in the Far East" (1885); "Overland to China" (1901); "The Whirlpool of Europe" (1907); "Germany and Sea Power" (1909); and "China in Reformation" (1912). He died in 1914.