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Robert Stawell Ball

 

Sir Robert Stawell Ball 1840-1913, was an Irish astronomer to Lord Rosse in 1865 and Irish Astronomer-Royal in 1874. In 1892 he was appointed Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge University. He was the son of Robert Ball and Amelia Gresley Hellicar. He married Frances Elizabeth Steele, daughter of William Edward Steele

 

Robert Stawell Ball - Writings

 

Time and Tide, A Romance of the Moon