Background
Ransome, Frederick Leslie was born on December 2, 1868 in Greenwich, England. Son of Ernest Leslie and Mary Jane (Dawson) Ransome.
Ransome, Frederick Leslie was born on December 2, 1868 in Greenwich, England. Son of Ernest Leslie and Mary Jane (Dawson) Ransome.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1893, Doctor of Philosophy, 1896. Fellow in geology, University of California (teaching mineralogy), 1893-1895.
Assistant in mineralogy and petrography, Harvard, 1896-1897. Assistant geologist, 1897-1900, geologist, 1900-1923, United States Geological Survey. In charge sections of western areal geology, 1912-1916, and of metalliferous deposits, 1912-1923.
Professor economics geology, University of Arizona, 1923-1927, and dean of Graduate College, 1926-1927.
Professor economics geology, California Institute Technology, since 1927. Consultant geologist United States Bureau Reclamation and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, since 1928.
Lecturer on ore deposits, University of Chicago, 1907. Silliman lecturer, Yale, 1913.
Member National Academy Sciences (treasurer 1919-1924), National Research Council (treasurer 1919-1924), Society Economic Geologists (president 1926-1927), Washington Academy Sciences (president 1918), Geological Society Washington (president 1913).
Married Amy Cordova Rock, May 25, 1899. Children: Janet (Mistress H. M. Baxter), Susan Clarkson (Mistress East. Doctorate. Fry), Violet Jane (Mistress H. Rodney Gale, deceased), Alfred Leslie.