Hugh McGregor Ross

Hugh McGregor Ross

Hugh McGregor Ross (born August 31, 1917 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an early pioneer in the history of British computing. He worked for Ferranti from the mid-1960s, where he worked on the Pegasus thermionic valve computer. He was also involved in the standardization of ISO 646 and ISO 6937 and worked closely with Bob Bemer. He was one of the principal architects of the Universal Character Set when it was first conceived.

Hugh is an expert in the Gospel of Thomas and has written several books about it. He is a Quaker, and has also written a book about George Fox.

Books by Hugh McGregor Ross

*"George Fox Speaks for Himself: Texts that reveal his personality—many hitherto unpublished". York: William Sessions, 1991. ISBN 1-85072-081-9
*"The Gospel of Thomas: Newly presented to bring out the meaning, with Introductions, Paraphrases and Notes"
*"Jesus untouched by the Church: His Teachings in the Gospel of Thomas".
* [http://www.evertype.com/gram/thirty-essays.html "Thirty Essays on the Gospel of Thomas"] . Cathair na Mart: Evertype, 2008. ISBN 1-904808-12-1
*"George Fox: A Christian mystic". In press.

External links

* [http://www.gospelofthomas.info/ The Gospel of Thomas collection] . Hugh McGregor Ross' web site about translation and commentary on the Gospel of Thomas.


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