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British-born American geologist
1931 drawing of Frederick Leslie Ransome
Frederick Leslie Ransome, Ph.D. (1868–1935) was a British-born
American
geologist .
Ransome was born in
Greenwich, England and educated at the
University of California (S.B., 1893; Ph.D., 1896).
Ransome described and named the mineral
Lawsonite after
Andrew Lawson .
[1] 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.
[2] He was elected to the
American Philosophical Society in 1935.
[3]
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
Waldemar Lindgren . US Geological Survey
"
The geology and ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho " (1908) with Frank Cathcart Calkins, US Geological Survey
"
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District, Nevada " (1910) with William Harvey Emmons and
George H. Garrey , US Geological Survey
"
Report of progress in the geological resurvey of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado " (1904) with
Waldemar Lindgren
References
^ Ransome, Frederick L. (1895). "On lawsonite, a new rock forming mineral from the Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California". University of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology . 1 (10): 301–312.
^ "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
^
"APS Member History" . search.amphilsoc.org . Retrieved 2023-06-07 .
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