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Robert Stawell Ball

British astronomer

Died when: 73 years 147 days (880 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Robert Stawell Ball

Sir Robert Stawell Ball FRS (1 July 1840 – 25 November 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory.He was Royal Astronomer of Ireland at Dunsink Observatory.


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