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Edward Shearman Ross
Born(1915-09-01)September 1, 1915
DiedMarch 16, 2016(2016-03-16) (aged 100)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Spouse
Wilda Ross
(m. 1942)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsEntomologist

Edward Shearman Ross (September 1, 1915 – March 16, 2016) was an American entomologist. He majored in entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Before his PhD was conferred, he worked as curator of insects at the California Academy of Sciences. He wrote many scientific and popular articles about the biology of the insects.

Ross served in the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea.[1]

Ross was a fellow of the Entomological Society of America since 1947.[2]

Ross died on March 16, 2016, at his home in Mill Valley at the age of 100.[3]

Family

Ross married his wife Wilda, a botanist, in 1942, and had two children with her, Martha and Clark. He had three grandchildren.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ross, Edward S. (2009). "Lifelong safari: the story of a 93-year-old peripatetic insect hunter". Annu. Rev. Entomol. 54 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093338. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 19067627.
  2. ^ "List of ESA Fellows". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Liberatore, Paul (March 21, 2016). "Edward Ross of Mill Valley, a noted scholar of insect realm, dies at 100". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2019.