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About John Ball
John Ball was an English geologist born in Derby in 1872. He completed his technical education at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology and got a Doctor's degree from the University of Zurich. Ball traveled to the Saharan Desert in 1897. During his life, he explored and surveyed the deserts of Egypt and Sudan, up until his death in 1941 in Port Said.
Everything about John Ball →- Occupation
- geologist, engineer, geographer, colonial administrator
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 15, 1872
- Died
- July 11, 1941