Edward Shearman Ross (September 1, 1915 – March 16, 2016) was an American entomologist. He majored in entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.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 was a fellow of the Entomological Society of America since 1947. Ross died on March 16, 2016, at his home in Mill Valley at the age of 100.