| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin 
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                                | gptkbp:author | gptkb:A_Treatise_on_the_Theory_of_Screws gptkb:Great_Astronomers
 gptkb:Star-Land
 gptkb:The_Story_of_the_Heavens
 gptkb:The_Story_of_the_Sun
 gptkb:Time_and_Tide
 The Earth's Beginning
 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Royal_Medal Knighthood
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1840-07-01 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Wilfrid_Ball gptkb:Charles_Ball
 gptkb:Mary_Agnetta_Ball
 gptkb:Alice_Ball
 gptkb:Edith_Ball
 gptkb:Frances_Ball
 gptkb:Robert_Steele_Ball
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1913-11-25 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Cambridge,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:electedFellowOf | gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Royal_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:screw_theory gptkb:astronomy
 gptkb:mathematics
 mechanics
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Robert_Stawell_Ball 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:screw_theory popular science writing
 
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                                | gptkbp:lecturedAt | gptkb:Royal_Institution gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Royal_Society 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | Irish 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:mathematician gptkb:astronomer
 
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                                | gptkbp:position | gptkb:Royal_Astronomer_of_Ireland gptkb:Lowndean_Professor_of_Astronomy_and_Geometry_at_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Ascension_Parish_Burial_Ground,_Cambridge 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | Sir Robert Ball signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Frances_Elizabeth_Steele 
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                                | gptkbp:title | Sir 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:East_Finchley_Cemetery 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sir Robert Ball 
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