John Ball (naturalist)
John Ball | |
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The Viscount Palmerston | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Peel |
| Succeeded by | Chichester Fortescue |
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| Born | 20 August 1818 Whig |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
John Ball (20 August 1818 – 21 October 1889) was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.
Background and education
Ball was born in
Political career
In 1846 Ball was made an assistant
At the colonial office he had great influence in furthering the cause of natural science, particularly in connection with equipment of the
Alpinist
In 1858 Ball stood for County Limerick, but was defeated, and he then gave up politics and devoted himself to natural history. He was the first president of the Alpine Club (founded 1857), and it is for his work as an alpinist that he is chiefly remembered. His well-known Alpine Guide (London, 1863–1868) was the result of innumerable climbs and journeys and of careful observation recorded in a clear and often entertaining style. Among his accomplishments, he was the first to climb a major Dolomites peak (Monte Pelmo in 1857). He also travelled in Morocco (1871) and South America (1882), and recorded his observations in books which were recognised as having scientific value.[4][5]
Personal life
His wife was Elisa Parolini, daughter of the Italian naturalist Alberto Parolini. Ball died in London in October 1889, aged 71.
Notes
- ^ "Ball, John (BL835J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ C. Woodham Smith. 1953. The Reason Why. Reprinted by Penguin Books
- ^ Tyndall pages 169, 352, 380, 406 "veined ice of glacier, if unweathered, shows no tendency to cleave"
- ^ Die Besteigung der Berge - Die Dolomitgipfel werden erobert (German: The ascent of the mountains - the dolomite peaks are conquered)
References
- John Tyndall (1896). The Glaciers of the Alps. Longmans, Green and Co. NEW EDITION
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Gordon L. Herries Davies, 'Ball, John (1818–1889)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Ball
- Hutchinson, John (1902). . A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices (1 ed.). Canterbury: the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. pp. 11–12.
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