Background
Freeman, Lewis Ransome was born on October 4, 1878 in Genoa Junction, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Otto and Maria (Clary) Freeman.
Freeman, Lewis Ransome was born on October 4, 1878 in Genoa Junction, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Otto and Maria (Clary) Freeman.
Stanford University, 1896-1898. Unmarried. Travel and exploration, 1899-1912, in North. and South. America, Asia, Africa, Islands of the Pacific, et cetera Correspondent Russo-Japanese War, 1905.
Member of commission of Associated Chambers of Commerce of Pacific Coast sent to China, 1910.
Correspondent British, French and Italian armies, 1915-1917. Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1917-1918.
Correspondent attached to Grand Fleet during the war. Member of staff Allied Naval Armistice Commission sent to Germany, 1918.
Special correspondent with United States Fleet on cruise to Australasia, 1925.
Special Naval correspondent, United States fleet maneuvers, 1929. Made expedition to Andes in Bolivia and Peru, also to tributaries of upper Amazon River, 1941. Expeditions through Paraguay, British Guiana, Venezuela, Argentina and other countries, 1941-1947.
Gran Chaco, 1948.
Made expedition to Andes in Bolivia and Peru, also to tributaries of upper Amazon River, 1941.
Member Sigma Rho Eta. Republican.; Clubs: Explorers, Ends of the Earth (New York).