Person: BALL, Sir Robert (1840-1913)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Sir Robert Stawell BALL

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

astronomer; lantern lecturer and photographer

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

associated with MEDLAND, J. Brandon (1846-1916)

associated with GARBUTT, James W. (c.1864-1917)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1 July 1840

born at

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

25 November 1913

died at

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

References

Mark Butterworth, ‘A lantern tour of star-land: the astronomer Robert Ball and his magic lantern lectures’ in Realms of light (2005)

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 8.95 (April 1897)
– on use of photography in astronomy

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 12.140 (January 1901)
– lecture series at Royal Institution

‘Prominent men in the lantern world: no. XIX -- Mr E. Baker’ in OMLJ 11.135 (August 1900)
– employing E. Baker as lanternist

Lucerna ID 6003149

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 August 2014

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Person: BALL, Sir Robert (1840-1913)