Ball, Gordon H. (Gordon Harold), 1899-1982

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Dates:

Birth 1899

Death 1982-08-07

Biographical notes:

Ball was born Sept. 20, 1899 in Warren, PA; BS (1920) and MS (1921), University of Pittsburgh, and Ph. D from UC Berkeley (1924); became instructor (1924), professor (1946), and professor emeritus (1967) at UCLA; served as president of the American Society of Parasitologists (1963), of the Western Society of Naturalists (1941), and of the Society of Protozoologists (1958); his research concerned marine invertebrates and the parasitic protozoa, especially the gregarines and malarial organisms; wrote Gregarines from Bermuda marine crustaceans (1951).

From the description of Papers, 1922-1979. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40473345

Ball is a Professor of English at the Virginia Military Institute. Twenty-five of his photographs appeared in the exhibition "Allen Ginsberg and Friends, " 1997. He first met Ginsberg in 1966.

From the description of Allen Ginsberg and Friends : photocopies of photographs, 1971-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 651999836

b. 1944-

From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84687438

Biography

Ball was born September 20, 1899 in Warren, Pennsylvania; BS (1920) and MS (1921), University of Pittsburgh, and Ph.D from UC Berkeley (1924); became instructor (1924), professor (1946), and professor emeritus (1967) at UCLA; served as president of the American Society of Parasitologists (1963), of the Western Society of Naturalists (1941), and of the Society of Protozoologists (1958); his research concerned marine invertebrates and the parasitic protozoa, especially the gregarines and malarial organisms; wrote Gregarines from Bermuda marine crustaceans (1951).

From the guide to the Gordon Harold Ball Papers, 1922-1979, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)