RefNo | EC/1882/05 |
Previous numbers | Cert XI, 26 |
Level | Item |
Title | Ball, Valentine: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Citation | Has been on the staff of Geological Survey of India for 17 years, during which time he surveyed large previously unknown tracts in Bengal and the Central Provinces - He also visited & explored portions of the Himalayahs [sic], Afghanistan, & the Islands of the Bay of Bengal. Published Work 1. Numerous papers & memoirs of the Geology of India 2. A Volume on the Economic Geology of India, forming Vol iii of the "Geology of India" published by the Government 3. A special volume on the "Diamonds, Coal, & Gold of India 4. A volume of Travels "Jungle Life" containing observations on Zoology, Botany, & Geology 5. Numerous papers on Indian Ornithology and Ethnology, having especial reference to the distribution of species of birds and the Aboriginal Races of Men |
Proposers | From General Knowledge: Geo Salmon; John W Judd; R Strachey; H W Bristow From Personal Knowledge: Saml Haughton; Edward Hull; J Emerson Reynolds; Alex Macalister; Benjn Williamson; W Boyd Dawkins; J Fayrer |
Extent | 1 sheet |
AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6404 | Ball; Valentine (1843 - 1895) | 1843 - 1895 |