John Shepherd-Barron
| John Shepherd-Barron | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron 23 June 1925 Shillong, British Raj Assam India |
| Died | 15 May 2010 (aged 84) Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | British |
| Known for | Inventing the ATM |
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron, OBE (23 June 1925 – 15 May 2010) was a British inventor, who pioneered the development of the cash machine, sometimes referred to as the Automated Teller Machine or ATM.
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born on 23 June 1925 at Shillong in India, to British parents. His Scottish father, Wilfred Shepherd-Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners in North Bengal, which was then part of the British Empire, then later Chief Engineer of the Port of London Authority, before becoming president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player and Wimbledon ladies doubles champion. Shepherd-Barron was educated at Stowe School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge (from where he dropped out before successfully finishing the first year in Economics). During World War II, he was commissioned into the Airborne Forces, serving with the 159th Parachute Light Regiment.
Shepherd-Barron joined De La Rue in the 1950s as a management trainee and grew to become Managing Director of De La Rue Instruments (with a mandate to run down the company). Under his leadership the first De La Rue Automated Cash System (DACS) machine became operational outside the Enfield, north London, branch of Barclays Bank in June 1967. He received the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 New Year's Honours list for services to banking as "inventor of the automatic cash dispenser". Shepherd-Barron told the BBC that he was inspired by chocolate vending machines.
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