British writer (1935–2019)
Philip John Greer Ransom, or John Ransom, (24 September 1935 – 27 March 2019)[1] was a non-fiction author, principally covering railway,[2] canal and local history. He was also Hon. Secretary of the Scottish Committee of the Heritage Railway Association.[2]
He died on 27 March 2019.[3]
Books
- Holiday Cruising in Ireland, David & Charles 1971
- Railways Revived, Faber & Faber 1973
- Waterways Restored, Faber & Faber 1974
- Your Book of Canals, Faber & Faber 1977
- The Archaeology of Canals, World's Work 1979
- The Archaeology of Railways, World's Work 1981
- Your Book of Steam Railway Preservation, Faber & Faber 1982
- The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750-1850, World's Work 1984
- Transport in Scotland through the Ages, Richard Drew Publishing 1987
- Scottish Steam Today, Richard Drew Publishing 1989
- The Victorian Railway and How It Evolved, Heinemann 1990
- Loch Earn: A Guide for Visitors, particularly those going afloat, author 1994
- Narrow Gauge Steam - Its origins and worldwide development, Oxford Publishing Co., 1996
- Scotland's Inland Waterways, NMS Publishing, 1999
- The Mont Cenis Fell Railway, Twelveheads Press 1999
- Locomotion: Two Centuries of Train Travel, Sutton Publishing, 2001
- Snow, Flood and Tempest: Railways and Natural Disasters, Ian Allan Publishing 2001
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend, Birlinn, 2004[4]
- Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland, Birlinn, 2007, 2013[5]
- Steamers of Loch Lomond, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2007 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
- Old Loch Lomondside, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2007 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
- Old Almondbank, Methven and Glenalmond, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2010 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)
- Old Arrochar and Loch Long, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2011 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)[6]
- Bell's Comet - How a Paddle Steamer Changed the Course of History, Amberley Publishing 2012[7]
- Old Dunkeld and Birnam, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2012 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)[8]
- Old Stanley, Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2013 (text researched and written to accompany pictures selected from publisher's collection)[9]
In addition contributed to the following multi-author works
- Steam into the Seventies, New English Library 1976 (section on North York Moors Railway)
- Encyclopaedia of Railways, Octopus 1977 (section on railway preservation)
- A Guide to the Steam Railways of Great Britain, Pelham Books 1979 (section on Wales)
- Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology, Routledge 1990 (section on railways)
- Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, Routledge 1996 (79 short biographies of railway engineers)
- Oxford Companion to British Railway History, edited by Jack Simmons & Gordon Biddle, Oxford University Press 1997 (12 articles)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004 (3 articles on railway engineers)
- Scottish Life and Society: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, vol. 8, Transport and Communications John Donald in association with European Ethnological Research Centre 2009 (Three chapters: Canals and Inland Waterways; Coaching; Railways to 1914).
References
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ a b "P. J. G. Ransom :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd". birlinn.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Ransom
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loch-Lomond-Trossachs-History-Legend/dp/0859765865 Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend, John Donald, 2004
- ^ "Iron Road". birlinn.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Stenlake Publishing - Old Arrochar and Loch Long". stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Amberley Publishing- Bell's Commet - How a Paddle Steamer Changed the Course of History". amberley-books.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Stenlake Publishing - Old Birnam and Dunkeld". stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Stenlake Publishing - Old Stanley". stenlake.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
