Born in India to Scottish parents in 1925, Shepherd-Barron worked for the banknote printer De La Rue and was honored by Queen Elizabeth for services to banking in 2005. Fellow Scot James Goodfellow, also honored by Queen Elizabeth for an alternative ATM design, said it was wrong to portray Shepherd-Barron as the cash machine's inventor. “It's not sour grapes. He invented a radioactive device to withdraw money,” Goodfellow told a Scottish newspaper. “I invented an automated system with an encrypted card and a PIN number, and that's the one that is used around the world today.” __