Robert Stawell Ball
1840–1913
Astronomer and mathematician. Professor of applied mathematics and mechanism, Royal College of Science, Dublin, 1867–74; Andrews Professor of astronomy, University of Dublin, 1874–92. Professor of astronomy and director of the university observatory, Cambridge, 1892–1913.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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