| Authorised form of name | Ball; Valentine (1843 - 1895) |
| Dates | 1843 - 1895 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 3 Granby Row, Dublin |
| Date of birth | 14 July 1843 |
| Place of death | His house, 28 Waterloo Road, Dublin |
| Date of death | 15 June 1895 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Anthropology |
| Ornithology |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin. MA
Career:
Staff, Geological Survey of India; Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Dublin; Director, Science and Art Museum, Dublin
Honours:
CB 1891
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1882 |
| Relationships | Son of Dr Robert Ball; younger brother of Sir Robert Stawell Ball (FRS 1873) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1895 vol 58 pp xlvii-xlix signed by R S B |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/21094296 |
| Royal Society code | NA6404 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/3/396 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Valentine Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 May 1889 |
| NLB/3/437 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Valentine Ball, Science and Art Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin | 8 June 1889 |
| NLB/10/890 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Valentine Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 February 1895 |
| NLB/8/595 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Valentine Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 November 1893 |
| NLB/11/390 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison &Sons | 20 June 1895 |
| NLB/11/446 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Robert Stawell Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 July 1895 |
| EC/1882/05 | Ball, Valentine: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/12/277 | Referee's report by Valentine Ball, on a paper 'The rubies of Burma and associated minerals: their mode of occurrence, origin, and metamorphoses. A contribution to the history of corundum' by C Barrington Brown and John Wesley Judd | nd [1895] |
| MC/12/258 | Letter from V [Valentine] Ball, Geological Museum, Trinity College, Dublin, to the Royal Society | 16 June 1882 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |