Ross Edwards

(b Sydney, 23 Dec 1943). Australian composer. He studied in Sydney and Adelaide; Sculthorpe, Maxwell Davies and Veress were among his teachers. Chamber music is central to his output. An interest in medieval techniques is reflected in his nativity play Quem quaeritis (1967).

Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951), one of the founders of American sociology, is best remembered for his "Social Control."

Edward A. Ross was born in Virden, Ill., on Dec. 12, 1866. His father was a farmer, and his mother a schoolteacher. At 20 Ross graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, lowa; at 22, after two years as a teacher at the Ford Dodge Commercial Institute, he left for graduate study at the University of Berlin; and at 24 he received his doctorate in political economy at Johns Hopkins University.

In 1893 Ross was appointed full professor at Leland Stanford University, where he remained until his celebrated dismissal, in 1900, over the question of his right to speak out as a reformer on public issues. After five years at the University of Nebraska, he left in 1906 for the University of Wisconsin, famed for its Progressive-minded faculty and teachings. He spent the rest of his career at Wisconsin, first as professor of sociology and then as department chairman. He retired in 1937 and died in Madison.

Ross achieved national fame as a writer and popular lecturer. He authored 27 books and over 300 articles. His work can best be understood as the creative response of a reform-minded sociologist to the problems produced by the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the nation. Social Control (1901), a classic in American sociology, surveyed the institutions and values that would be needed to maintain individual freedom and social stability in an industrial order. Social Psychology (1908), the first textbook published in that field in the United States, similarly delineated the role of public opinion, custom, ceremony, and convention in maintaining social stability. The Principles of Sociology (1920, 1930, 1937), for many years one of the most popular texts in the field, stressed the role that the social processes can play in ensuring human progress.

More explicitly reformist in outlook were Ross's many books for the layman. Sin and Society (1907) established Ross as a major figure in Progressive thought; other popular works advocating social reform include Changing America (1909) and The Social Trend (1922). He also published many books on social conditions in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In 1917 he went to Russia to report on the Bolshevik Revolution and for many years advocated recognition of the Soviet Union by the U.S. government and an appreciation of the improvements the Soviets brought to the economic and social life of the Russian people.

For a time Ross was active as a nativist. In his early career he espoused the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon peoples and advocated immigration restriction to prevent a large-scale influx of southern and eastern Europeans to the United States. In the 1920s his nativism included a program of eugenics and the nationwide prohibition of liquor. By 1930 Ross shed these notions and spent the greater part of his efforts promoting the New Deal reform and the freedoms of the individual. He served as the national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (1940-1950).

As a popularizer of the notion that the purpose of sociology is the reform of society, Ross had no peer among American sociologists in his lifetime. An erudite scholar, inspiring lecturer, courageous reformer, and uncompromising champion of freedom for the individual, he fulfilled the role he established for himself admirably.

Further Reading

Ross's autobiography is Seventy Years of It (1936). For his biography see Julius Weinberg, Edward Alsworth Ross and the Sociology of Progressivism (1971). His sociological theories are best explained by William L. Kolb, "The Sociological Theories of Edward Alsworth Ross," in Harry Elmer Barnes, ed., An Introduction to the History of Sociology (1948). Other works which place Ross in the history of sociology are Charles Hunt Page, Class and American Sociology: From Ward to Ross (1940); Howard W. Odum, American Sociology: The Story of Sociology in the United States through 1950 (1951); and Heinz Maus, A Short History of Sociology (1956; trans. 1962).

Additional Sources

Ross, Edward Alsworth, Seventy years of it: an autobiography, New York: Arno Press, 1977, 1936.

For the Australian composer, see Ross Edwards (composer).

Ross Edwards

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	20	9
Runs scored	1171	255
Batting average	40.37	36.42
100s/50s	2/9	-/3
Top score	170*	80*
Balls bowled	12	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	7/-	-/-
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2005

Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942, Cottesloe, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Tests for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Cricket World Cup series. He was a right-handed batsman and superb cover fielder as well as a part-time wicket-keeper.

In the 1971-72 Sheffield Shield season he made 4 centuries and went to England in 1972 at the age of 29 and got his first chance at Nottingham where he made an unbeaten 170. He made ducks in his next two innings however.

In 1974-75 Edwards scored his second century against England when he hit 115 in the Perth Test match. He made 99 at Lord's in 1975.

World Series Cricket beckoned in 1977 after which he failed to reach national selection.

External links

• Cricinfo article on Ross Edwards

v • d • e Australia squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 IM Chappell (c) • 2 GS Chappell • 3 Edwards • 4 Gilmour • 5 Lillee • 6 McCosker • 7 Mallett • 8 Marsh (wk) • 9 Thomson • 10 Turner • 11 Walker • 12 Walters

v • d • e Australia squad – World Series Cricket 1 Chappell, I (c) • 2 Bright • 3 Chappell, G • 4 Chappell, T • 5 Davis • 6 Edwards • 7 Gilmour • 8 Hookes • 9 Kent • 10 Laird • 11 Langer • 12 Lillee • 13 McCosker • 14 Malone • 15 Marsh (wk) • 16 Pascoe • 17 Prior • 18 Redpath • 19 Robinson (wk) • 20 Thomson • 21 Walker • 22 Walters • 23 Wessels

Persondata
NAME	Edwards, Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	1 December 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cottesloe, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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