Valentine Ball was an Irish geologist, son of Robert Ball and a brother of Sir Robert Ball. Ball worked in the Geological Survey of India for twenty years before returning to take up a position in Ireland. Wikipedia
Born: July 14, 1843, Dublin, Ireland
Died: June 15, 1895 (age 51 years), Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents: Mary Green, Thomas Hellicar, Bob Stawell Ball, and more
Great-grandparents: Mary Croker, Mary Ellis, Robert Ball, and more
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society
Children: Ethel Gresley Ball, Robert Gordon Ball, John Stewart Valentine Ball, and more
Books
Travels in India
Jungle Life in India: Or, The Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist
1880
On the Identification of the Animals and Plants of India which Were Known to Early Greek Authors: With "Further Notes."
1885
The Coalfields of India
A Manual of the Geology of India: Economic Geology
The Diamonds, Coal, and Gold of India: Their Mode of Occurrence and Distribution
1881