Frederick Leslie Ransome

Frederick Leslie Ransome, Ph.D. (1868–1935) was a British-born American geologist.

1931 drawing of Frederick Leslie Ransome

Ransome was born in Greenwich, England and educated at the University of California (S.B., 1893; Ph.D., 1896).

Ransome was employed by the United States Geological Survey. Ransome's many official reports and bulletins dealt mainly with phases of economic geology. Ransome helped found the journal Economic Geology in 1905, and was associate editor of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Ransome was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and served as NAS Treasurer in 1919.[1]

Selected publications

• "The association of alunite with gold in the Goldfield district, Nevada" (1907])
• "The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bisbee Quadrangle, Arizona", 1904, US Geological Survey
• "Geology and gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado", 1906, with W. Lindgren. US Geological Survey
• "The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho", 1908, with F.C. Calkins. US Geological Survey
• "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District, Nevada", 1910, with W.H. Emmons and G.H. Garry. US Geological Survey
• "Report of progress in the geological resurvey of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado" (1904) with Waldemar Lindgren

References

1. "Frederick Leslie Ransome, 1868-1935, a memorial" by Waldemar Lindgren. Economic Geology; November 1935; v. 30; no. 7; p. 841-842; doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.30.7.841

External links

• Frederick Leslie Ransome — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences