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

[1] Before his PhD was conferred, he worked as curator of insects at the California Academy of Sciences.

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

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

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