Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, (1840-1913), Knight, astronomer and mathematician

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Surname:	Ball
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Robert Stawell
Gender:	Male
Date:	1840-1913
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840-1913) Knight Astronomer and Mathematician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P135857 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1367 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Robert Stawell Ball

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1885-1900: corresp	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
2	1893-1901: letters	Trinity College Dublin		See Accessions to Repositories 1986
3	1868-1919: misc family corresp and papers, lecture notes, journal	Cambridgeshire Archives		See Annual Report 1983
4	1872-1900: letters to Royal Astronomical Society	Royal Astronomical Society Library	RAS letters	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
5	1875-98: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
6	1900-1909: lecture notes and calculation notebook	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Obsy F.1-7	NRA 43261
7	1840-1913: notebooks	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	SC/BallRS