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Ball (SIR ROBERT STAWELL an English)

SIR ROBERT STAWELL, an English astronomer, born in Dublin, July 1, 1840; studied at Trinity College. He was, successively, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at the Royal Irish College of Science; Professor of Astronomy at Dublin; Lowdean Professor Astronomy at Cambridge; and Director of Cambridge Observatory, and Astronomer Royal for Ireland. His published works on mechanics and astronomy include "The Story of the Heavens"; "Starland" (1889); "The Earth's Beginnings" (1911); "Popular Guide to in 1886, and died in 1913. the Heavens" (1915).

He was knighted