Frederick Ransome [SEP] date of birth
Frederick Ransome
Frederick Ransome (1818–1893) was a British inventor and industrialist, creator of Ransome's artificial stone.
Frederick was the son of James Ransome, 1782-1849, a member of the Ransomes steel and agricultural equipment-making family of Ipswich.
In 1844 Frederick invented an artificial sandstone, using sand and powdered flint in an alkaline solution. By heating it in an enclosed high temperature steam boiler the siliceous particles were bound together and could be moulded or worked. With properties equivalent to natural stone, it
Frederick Leslie Ransome
Frederick Leslie Ransome, Ph.D. (1868–1935) was an American geologist.
Ransome was born in Greenwich, England. 
Ransome was 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