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

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. He majored in entomology at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

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

California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The Academy began in 1853 ...

. 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

Entomological Society of America The Entomological Society of America (ESA) was founded in 1889 and today has more than 7,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricultural departments, health agencies, ...

since 1947. 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.

References

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 centenarians Men centenarians Fellows of the Entomological Society of America Military personnel from Spokane, Washington Writers from Spokane, Washington {{US-entomologist-stub