Authorised form of name | Ball; John (1818 - 1889) |
Dates | 1818 - 1889 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
Date of birth | 20 August 1818 |
Place of death | His house, 10 Southwell Gardens, South Kensington |
Date of death | 21 October 1889 |
Occupation | Barrister |
Research field | Natural history |
Botany |
Activity | Education: Oscott College; Christ's College, Cambridge. MA Career: Travelled in Europe; studied the Alps; called to the Irish Bar (1845); Assistant Poor Law Commissioner (1846-1847 and 1849-1851); MP for Carlow (1852); Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (1855-1857); Memberships: FLS; MRIA; Alpine Club (first President 1857)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
RSActivity | Royal Society roles: VP 1882-1883 |
Relationships | Eldest son of Nicholas Ball, Judge of the Court of Common Please, Ireland, and his wife Janes Sherlock of Butlerstown Castle, County Waterford; married twice |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp v-ix signed by J D H |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/107533367 |
Code | NA6334 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
MM/4/38 | Letter from John Ball, Colonial Office, to John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley | 6 March 1857 |
MM/4/37 | Letter from John Ball, Colonial Office, to John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley | 11 March 1857 |
NLB/3/216 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 April 1889 |
NLB/1/622 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 October 1887 |
NLB/3/235 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 April 1889 |
NLB/3/502 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 June 1889 |
MC/15/17 | Letter from [Edward] Percival Wright, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, to [Herbert] Rix | 15 February 1889 |
MS/427/146 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J. Ball Esq. | 2 December 1881 |
EC/1868/06 | Ball, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
NLB/14/221 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to William Turner Thiselton Dyer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Sectional Committee of Botany | 23 January 1897 |
MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |