Scot John Shepherd Barron : ATM Inventor

The inventor of ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) was born in India, Shiliong, Assam (now Meghalaya). Born on 23 June, 1925 and died recently on 15th May, 2010. His father, Wilfred Shepherd Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners, East Bengal then East Pakistan and now known as Bangladesh then later chairman of the Port of London Authority before becoming president of the Institute of Civil Engineers, whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player & Wimbledon ladies doubles champion. Shepherd-Barron was educated at Stowe School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge. During World War II, he was commissioned into the Air borne Forces, serving with the 159th Parachute Light Regiment