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Sidney Ransom
An engineer, international lecturer, and longtime Theosophist, Sidney Ransom combined technical expertise with a lively interest in spirituality, education, and storytelling. He also wrote the illustrated children’s book The Great Red Frog under the playful pseudonym M. Yendis.
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The Great Red Frog
by Sidney Ransom
About the author
Sidney Ransom was an English electrical engineer and prominent member of the Theosophical Society. He helped design and operate the electrical plant at the Society’s headquarters in Adyar, India, and later served as a technical officer in the Royal Air Force during the First World War, followed by administrative and educational work in aviation.
Ransom became known as a warm, humorous speaker who lectured widely across England, Europe, the United States, Australia, and South Africa. He served as the first General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in Central South Africa from 1929 to 1933 and was active in the Liberal Catholic Church.
His writings included The Ethics of the Secret Doctrine, Years of Grandeur: Memories of Annie Besant, and numerous articles on Theosophy. He also wrote The Great Red Frog, an illustrated children’s book published under the pseudonym M. Yendis—his name written backward. He died on July 5, 1958.