Ramsay Shearman

Edwin Douglas Ramsay Shearman (17 November 1924 - 13 December 2019) was a shortwave radio and radar pioneer, whose discoveries aided fishing, shipping, and search and rescue. In 1986 he was awarded the IET Faraday Medal.

Early life Edwin Douglas Ramsay Shearman was born on 17 November 1924 in Cambridge, the son of Sir Harold Shearman, a socialist educationalist, and Lady Shearman, a teacher from County Durham. At Birmingham, Shearman built up his own research program on a Moon-bounce project, and a number of professors and leaders in industry and government research stemmed from the programme. Shearman continued to advise the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ.

Shearman was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET) Faraday Medal in 1986 and was made an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow in 1982.

Family life In 1955, Shearman married Rosalind Morris, a chiropodist, voluntary social worker, and Liberal Party activist with a passion for ballet. They had three daughters.