James Allen Ransome
1806–75
Partner, then head, of the firm of agricultural machinery makers, Ransome and Sons, in Ipswich, 1829–75. Established the allotment system for labourers. Founder of the Working Men’s College in Ipswich.
Source
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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