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Victor Ross
1878–1934
A Canadian historian of business and industry, he wrote lively, research-driven books that traced the growth of banking and petroleum at a time when both were reshaping modern life. His work turns big economic stories into readable history.
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The evolution of the oil industry
by Victor Ross
About the author
Born in 1878 and active in the early decades of the 20th century, Victor Ross was a Canadian author best known for writing about finance, commerce, and the oil trade. His books include Petroleum in Canada and The Evolution of the Oil Industry, works that show a strong interest in how major industries developed and how they affected everyday economic life.
He is also known for A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, a substantial institutional history published in multiple volumes. That project suggests the kind of writer he was: careful with facts, drawn to large historical patterns, and interested in the people and systems behind modern business.
Ross died in 1934. Though not a household literary name today, his books remain useful for readers curious about the history of petroleum, banking, and Canadian commercial growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.