Anne Elizabeth Ball

Anne Elizabeth Ball
Left to Right Robert, Anne, Bent and Mary Ball
Born1808
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Died1872 (aged 63–64)
Dublin, Ireland
Scientific career
FieldsAlgology, botany

Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808–1872) was an Irish botanist, amateur algologist, and botanical illustrator. Born in Cobh 1808, Ball was a sister of naturalist Robert Ball and zoologist Mary Ball (1812–1898). The siblings became interested in natural history through the passion of their father, Bob Stawell Ball.

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