Sir Nigel Gresley Ball, 3rd Baronet (27 August 1892 – July 1978) was Professor of Botany at

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, (1924-1943).

Background and family

Ball was the younger son of Sir

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and his wife Annie Julia Kinahan. On 28 December 1922, he married Florine Isabel Irwin, the daughter of Colonel Herbert Edwardes Irwin.

Education

He was educated at

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, graduating BA,

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, and later MA.

Career

He served with the

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and was promoted to

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. He was a Professor of Botany between 1924 and 1943 at

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, then moved to

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, where he was a lecturer in Botany (1944–1955), Reader in Botany (1955–1957), and Special Reader in Botany (1957–1959).

Title

On 21 December 1945, Ball succeeded his brother as a

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(3rd UK Baronet Ball, of Merion Square,

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and Killybegs,

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, created 1911).

References

Sir Nigel Gresley Ball at ThePeerage.com
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