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John Ball

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Birthplace: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death: October 21, 1889 (71)
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Nicholas Ball and Jane Sherlock
Husband of Julia Ball and Elisa Ball, Nobile
Father of Nicholas Albert Ball and Albert John Anthony Ball
Brother of Thomas George Ball; Jane Isabella Ball; Rev. Anthony Ball; Nicholas Ball; Alex Francis Ball and 1 other

Occupation: Mountaineer
Managed by: Alisdair James Smyth
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About John Ball

John Ball (20 August 1818 – 21 October 1889) was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.

Ball was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Nicholas Ball and his wife Jane Sherlock. He was educated at Oscott College near Birmingham, and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was 41st Wrangler but as a Roman Catholic could not be admitted to a BA degree.

His wife was Elisa Parolini, daughter of the Italian naturalist Alberto Parolini. Ball died in London in October 1889, aged 81.


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John Ball's Timeline

1818
August 20, 1818
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
1858
1858
City of Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1862
1862
Pisa, Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
1889
October 21, 1889
Age 71
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom