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Code	DS/UK/85
Name	Ball; John (1818-1889)
Dates and Places	Born in Dublin on 20 August 1818. Died 21 October 1889.
Biography	Glaciologist and Politician.
Surname	Ball
Forenames	John
History	he studied Botany and Geology in Christ's College, Cambridge (1835-1839). He later travelled and studied natural history, concentrating on Alpine geology and geology. on 26 July 1852 he was returned (by a majority of only two votes) as the member for Carlow County. In February 1855 the prime minister, Lord Palmerston, named him as assistant under-secretary of state in the colonial department. In this office he took the opportunity to further the cause of science in several ways.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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MCR/4/2/10	China: Index Florae Sinensis	May 1878-9 Jan 1906

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