Irving C. (Irving Collins) Rosse

Born in 1842, Irving C. Rosse was an American physician best known for his work in neurology and for his writing on Arctic travel. Library of Congress records identify him as Irving Collins Rosse and credit him with medical and anthropological notes in Cruise of the revenue steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic ocean in 1881.

Rosse also wrote The First Landing on Wrangel Island, a firsthand account of the 1881 expedition aboard the Corwin. That mix of scientific observation and travel narrative gives his writing a distinctive feel: careful, curious, and adventurous at the same time.

His name appears on a number of late 19th-century medical publications, including Golf from a neurological view-point, and a biographical sketch preserved by the U.S. National Library of Medicine reflects his standing as a physician and neurologist of his era. I couldn’t confidently confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.