Valentine Ball
Geologist, Deceased Person
1843 – 1894
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Who was Valentine Ball?
Valentine Ball was an Irish geologist, and a brother of Sir Robert Ball.
Ball joined the Geological Survey of India, becoming an authority not only on geology but also on ornithology and anthropology. His best known work is Jungle-Life in India. He later became director of the National Museum of Ireland.
He was a regular contributor to Stray Feathers, the ornithological journal founded by Allan Octavian Hume. The Andaman Scops Owl is named after him.
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