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Hugh McGregor Ross, 88 years of age when the photo was taken in January 2006, with a copy of the 1987 Draft Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646

Hugh McGregor Ross (born August 31, 1917 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an early pioneer in the history of British computing.^[1]^[2]^[3] He worked for Ferranti from the mid-1960s, where he worked on the Pegasus thermionic valve computer.^[4] He was involved in the standardization of ASCII and ISO 646 and worked closely with Bob Bemer^[5]. ASCII was first known in Europe as the Bemer-Ross Code.^[6] He was also one of the three main designers of ISO 6937, with Peter Fenwick and Luek Zeckondorf. He was one of the principal architects of the Universal Character Set ISO/IEC 10646 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 about George Fox. His working papers on the teachings of Fox are held at Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project.^[7]

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George Fox Speaks for Himself: Texts that reveal his personality—many hitherto unpublished.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
Говорит сам Джордж Фокс: тексты, раскрывающие его личнотсь (многие публикыуются впервые). Отобрано, отредактировано и представлено Хью Мак-Грегором Россом. Ленинград: [s.n.]. ISBN 5 94067 018 0
The Gospel of Thomas: newly presented to bring out the meaning, with introductions paraphrases and notes. Colchester: The Millrind Press, 1997. ISBN 1 902194 02 0. Second edition Element Books, ISBN 1 84293 036 2. First edition York: Ebor Press, ISBN 1 85072 019 3
Jesus untouched by the Church: His Teachings in the Gospel of Thomas. Calligraphy by John Blamires. York: William Sessions Limited, 1998. ISBN 1 85072213 7
Thirty Essays on the Gospel of Thomas. Cathair na Mart: Evertype, 2008. ISBN 1-904808-12-1. 4th edition Watkins Publishing. ISBN 1 84293 135 0
George Fox: A Christian mystic. Cathair na Mart: Evertype, 2008. ISBN 1-904808-17-6

External links

The Gospel of Thomas collection. Hugh McGregor Ross' web site about translation and commentary on the Gospel of Thomas.

References

^ Fischer, Eric. [2000]. The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874-1968
^ Ross, Hugh McGregor. 1961. "Further Survey of Punched Card Codes", in Communications of the ACM, vol. 4, no. 4, April, pp.182-183.
^ Ross, Hugh McGregor. 1961. "Considerations in Choosing a Character Code for Computers and Punched Tapes", in The Computer Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, January, 1961, pp. 202-210.
^ Ross, Hugh McGregor. 2001. "Ferranti's London Computer Centre", in Computer Resurrection: The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society, Number 25, Summer. ISSN 0958 7403
^ Bemer, Bob (n.d.). An Email-based Interview with Hugh McGregor Ross. Trailing-edge.com. Accessed 2008-12-09.
^ Bemer, Bob (n.d.). Bemer meets Europe. Trailing-edge.com. Accessed 2008-04-14. Employed at IBM at that time
^ Quaker Records at ancestry.com

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[1] Fischer, Eric. [2000]. The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874-1968

[2] Ross, Hugh McGregor. 1961. "Further Survey of Punched Card Codes", in Communications of the ACM, vol. 4, no. 4, April, pp.182-183.

[3] Ross, Hugh McGregor. 1961. "Considerations in Choosing a Character Code for Computers and Punched Tapes", in The Computer Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, January, 1961, pp. 202-210.

[4] Ross, Hugh McGregor. 2001. "Ferranti's London Computer Centre", in Computer Resurrection: The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society, Number 25, Summer. ISSN 0958 7403

[5] Bemer, Bob (n.d.). An Email-based Interview with Hugh McGregor Ross. Trailing-edge.com. Accessed 2008-12-09.

[6] Bemer, Bob (n.d.). Bemer meets Europe. Trailing-edge.com. Accessed 2008-04-14. Employed at IBM at that time

[7] Quaker Records at ancestry.com

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 *''The Gospel of Thomas: newly presented to bring out the meaning, with introductions paraphrases and notes''.  Colchester: The Millrind Press, 1997. ISBN 1 902194 02 0. Second edition Element Books, ISBN 1 84293 036 2. First edition York: Ebor Press, ISBN 1 85072 019 3
 *''Jesus untouched by the Church: His Teachings in the Gospel of Thomas''. Calligraphy by John Blamires. York: William Sessions Limited, 1998. ISBN 1 85072213 7
-*[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. 4th edition Watkins Publishing. ISBN 1 84293 135 0
+*[http://www.evertype.com/books/thirty-essays.html ''Thirty Essays on the Gospel of Thomas'']. Cathair na Mart: Evertype, 2008. ISBN 1-904808-12-1. 4th edition Watkins Publishing. ISBN 1 84293 135 0
 *[http://www.george-fox.info/''George Fox: A Christian mystic'']. Cathair na Mart: Evertype, 2008. ISBN 1-904808-17-6