Irving C. (Irving Collins) Rosse

Born in Maryland in 1842, Irving C. Rosse was an American physician, writer, and explorer. Contemporary biographical and library records identify him as Irving Collins Rosse, and describe him as a professor of neurology at Georgetown University.

Rosse is especially associated with the 1881 voyage of the revenue steamer Corwin. Sources connected with his writings and later biographical notices credit him with being the first recorded person to set foot on Wrangel Island, an expedition that helped make his name known beyond medicine.

As an author, he wrote on both scientific and travel subjects. His best-known surviving title is The First Landing on Wrangel Island, and his name also appears on medical works and on Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881. He died in 1901.