| Authorised form of name | Ball; Peter (c1638 - 1675); physician |
| Other forms of surname | Balle |
| Dates | c1638 - 1675 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Temple Church, London, England, Europe (20 July 1675) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Leyden (1659); Padua (MD 1660)
Memberships:
Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians (1664)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
On Council 1665
Committee and panels:
Committee for Correspondence (1664); Anatomical Committee (1664) ; Committee for causing a catalogue to be made of the Arundel Library (1667) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Acted as a correspondent abroad for possible zoological matters (1664) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Peter Ball and Ann Cooke
Siblings: William Ball [Balle] (FRS 1660) |
| General context | Although little is known about Ball's personal life or his practice as a physician, his education abroad seems to have placed him in a good position within the Royal Society for purposes of correspondence. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (source for dates of birth and death); ODNB
Notes:
The election date is Ball's election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. |
| Royal Society code | NA3354 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| DM/5/63 | Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture | June-September 1664 |
| DM/5/69 | Opinion of John Hoskyns, William Erskine and Peter Balle concerning 'the manuscript bookes in the Library bestowed by the Honble Henry Lord Howard of Norfolke on the Royall Society' | 1 March 1668 |
| MS/390/68 | Bond of Peter Ball to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 1 July 1675 |
| DM/5/60 | Minute of a meeting of a Committee to be appointed 'to consider of Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatoes through all the parts of England' | 20 March 1662 |
| IM/000221 | Ball, Peter | nd |
| P/0149 | Portrait of Sir Peter Ball | 1671 |
| DM/5/94 | Excerpts from the Council Book listing a painting and 'Artifical Things', both deposited in 1663 | c.1663 |