Hugh was a postgraduate astronomer at CalTech when he heard the Spirit's call to leave astronomy for Christian ministry. He became Minister of Evangelism at Sierra Madre [CA] Congregational Church (where I met and got to know him well). Soon he started an adult Sunday School class, Paradoxes in Scripture, which is now in its fifth decade.
In the mid-80s the Spirit moved again and Hugh and his wife Kathy started Reasons to Believe in order to demonstrate the true congruity of proper science and faith. Since then he has written seventeen books, including those you mentioned; I've read them all, to my very great benefit.
Finally, as to Hugh's rightful place. He shows, rationally and brilliantly with the mind of the trained scientist and careful Bible scholar, and patiently and generously with the heart of the experienced pastor, how to reconcile God’s two revelations, the physical and the scriptural. In doing so Dr. Ross has become, in my opinion, the most important scientist ever, for he has drawn back the curtain at long last on the studiously-unappreciated purpose, plan and details of the Creator’s work. As Isaac Newton was unique, because “there is only one universe to discover,” so is Hugh Ross, for there is only one universe’s biblical congruity and ultimate meaning to demonstrate—only one universe to explain.
Oh, so you know him? That’s pretty cool. A friend of mine who runs another similar blog (christian-apologist.com) is having him on her YouTube podcast later in the month. I also have a friend who’s an astrophysicist (and former atheist, now born again Christian), Dr. Sarah Salviander, who cites Dr. Ross’s work as very important (studying black holes convinced her there’s a God...she’s tried to explain it to me but I can’t make heads or tales out of what she show me lol).