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William Ransom

Also known as: William Ransom; primary name: Ransom, William; other name: Ransome, William
Details: individual; collector; archaeologist; manufacturer/factory; British; Male
Life dates: 1826-1914
Biography: William Ransom was a pharmaceutical chemist based in the market town of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He founded William Ransom & Son PLC, Pharmaceutical Chemists, which remains as a major independent company in this business. A Quaker and a philanthropist, he was also an avid naturalist and collector of antiquities, conducting archaeological excavations. He donated Stone Age axes to the BM in 1886 and many items from his collection were given to various museums following his death by his son Francis (Frank) (q.v.) - to the British Museum in 1915 (see PRB 1915.12-8.1–351) and to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge in 1923 (see http://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk). NB: Name previously recorded as William Ransome for objects in the Department of Greece and Rome.
Bibliography: http://www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/people/life_times_william_ransom_hitchin_1_1641398 (includes a picture of William Ransom and his wife Anna Southall and their son Frank). Desmond, R. (with C. Ellwood) 1994 (2nd ed.), Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists, including plant collectors , flower painters and garden designers (London: Taylor & Francis; Natural History Museum), 2486. Richmond, L., Stevenson, J. and Turton, A. 2003, The pharmaceutical industry: A guide to historical records (Aldershot: Ashgate).

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amphora

Museum number: 1915,1208.162

ampulla

Museum number: 1915,1208.151

anvil

Museum number: 1915,1208.330 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 4thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sandy

aquamanile

Museum number: 1915,1208.201 |
Cultures/periods: x14221 Medieval |
Production date: 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Basinghall Street

arrow-head

Museum number: 1915,1208.143 |
Production date: 14thC-16thC

artefact

Museum number: 1915,1208.335 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 4thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sandy

artefact

Museum number: 1915,1208.310 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bedfordshire

artefact

Museum number: 1915,1208.174

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.230 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Burghmead

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.287 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.327 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Eastbourne

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.315 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:South Downs

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.284 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.285 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.286 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.281 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Armagh (county)

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.282 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Antrim (county)

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.280 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ireland

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.278 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Larne

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.276 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ballymena

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.279 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Larne

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.288 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.277 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ballymena

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.328 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Eastbourne

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.289 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Fyvie

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.318 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:South Downs

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.232 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:London (England)

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.326 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Beachy Head

axe

Museum number: 1915,1208.337 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 4thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sandy

axe-hammer

Museum number: 1915,1208.304 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lac du Neuchâtel

axe-hammer

Museum number: 1915,1208.306 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Estavayer-le-Lac

axe-hammer

Museum number: 1915,1208.305 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lac du Neuchâtel

badge-mould

Museum number: 1915,1208.155 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century 16th century |
Production place: Made in:England

balance

Museum number: 1915,1208.132 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

baluster jug

Museum number: 1915,1208.192 |
Cultures/periods: x14221 Medieval |
Production date: 1200-1250 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mark Lane

bead

Museum number: 1915,1208.214 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1229.22 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50 |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Trier

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.197 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Golden Lane

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.25 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Arlesey

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.24 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Arlesey

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Arlesey

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1229.12 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 2ndC |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Andernach

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1229.15 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1-50 |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Andernach

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.20 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Arlesey

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1229.16 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 180-250 |
Production place: Made in:Trier |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Altenberg (Cologne)

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1229.18 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50-100 |
Production place: Made in:Rhineland-Palatinate (state) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rhineland-Palatinate (state)

beaker

Museum number: 1915,1208.206 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hitchin

bell

Museum number: 1915,1208.121 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bird-call

Museum number: 1915,1208.200 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bodkin

Museum number: 1915,1208.146

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.54 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 1stC |
Production place: Made in:Graufesenque, La |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.86 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.74 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.29 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Arlesey

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.179 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1120-1130 1210 |
Production place: Made in:GermanyMade in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)Found/Acquired:Thames, River

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.208 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bassingbourn

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.55 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1229.7 |
Producer name: BIOG57828 Made by:Clodius Proculus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 40-100 |
Production place: Made in:Arezzo (town) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rome (city)Excavated/Findspot:Tiber, River

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.51 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl; paten

Museum number: 1915,1208.183

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.59 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1229.6 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 10-50 |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Levant |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rome (city)Excavated/Findspot:Tiber, River

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1229.8 |
Producer name: BIOG60791 Made by:L Tettius Samia |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 25-75 |
Production place: Made in:Arezzo (town) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rome (city)Excavated/Findspot:Tiber, River

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.57.a |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.180 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Germany |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.52 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Production date: 10-50 |
Production place: Made in:Graufesenque, La |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.73 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Astwick (Bedfordshire)

bowl; vase

Museum number: 1915,1229.20 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Siena (town)

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1229.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 2ndC |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Orange

brick

Museum number: 1915,1229.19 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC - 2ndC AD |
Production place: Made in:Germany |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Domat

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.90 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeLa Tène III |
Production date: 120 BC - AD 50 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hungary

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.95 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.93 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.99 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.105 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.110 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.97 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.92 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.94 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.104 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.89 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Europe

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.107 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.106 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.98 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.100 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.101 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.96 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.115 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.116 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.102 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.91 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.103 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.109 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

brooch

Museum number: 1915,1208.108 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:British Isles

buckle

Museum number: 1915,1208.149 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

bust

Museum number: 1915,1208.163

button

Museum number: 1915,1208.166

candlestick

Museum number: 1915,1208.181

chalice; paten

Museum number: 1915,1208.182 |
Production date: 13thC |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Temple Dinsley

chisel

Museum number: 1915,1208.137 |
Cultures/periods: NeolithicBronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gur, Lough