Edward Shearman Ross (September 1, 1915 – March 16, 2016) was an American

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. He majored in entomology at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. Before his PhD was conferred, he worked as curator of insects at the

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. He wrote many scientific and popular articles about the biology of the insects. Ross served in the

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and was stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea. Ross was a fellow of the

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since 1947. He was a

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for the academic year 1954–1955. Ross died on March 16, 2016, at his home in Mill Valley at the age of 100.

Family

Ross married his wife Wilda, a botanist, in 1942, and had two children with her, Martha and Clark. He had three grandchildren.

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American entomologists 1915 births People associated with the California Academy of Sciences University of California, Berkeley alumni Scientists from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American zoologists 2016 deaths American men centenarians Fellows of the Entomological Society of America Military personnel from Spokane, Washington Writers from Spokane, Washington {{US-entomologist-stub