Charles Bent Ball
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Sir Charles Bent Ball, 1st Baronet, Hon FRCS MD FRCSI was an Irish surgeon and an honorary surgeon to the King in Ireland.
Obituary portrait of Sir Charles Bent Ball
Sir Charles Ball and Jerry the lion cub in 1907
Robert Stawell Ball
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Sir Robert Stawell Ball was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. He was Royal Astronomer of Ireland at Dunsink Observatory.
Charles Bent Ball
…February 1851, the third and youngest son of the seven children of Robert Ball and Amelia Gresley Ball (née Hellicar). His brothers were astronomer Sir Robert Stawell Ball and the geologist Valentine Ball. Ball attended Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), graduating with a BA in 1871 with a gold medal in natural science…
Robert Stawell Ball