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.

Ransome's many official reports and bulletins dealt mainly with phases of economic geology.

Ransome was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and served as NAS Treasurer in 1919.