John Ross Robertson, newspaper publisher, philanthropist (b at Toronto 28 Dec 1841; d there 31 May 1918). He was the son of a Scottish-born merchant. After attending Toronto's Upper Canada College, where he published a student
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Published Online December 17, 2007
Last Edited March 4, 2015
R. Poulton, The Paper Tyrant (1971).