Mary Ball (naturalist)

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Mary Ball
Ball in later life
Born1812
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Died1898 (aged 85–86)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

Mary Ball (1812–1898) was an Irish naturalist and entomologist[1] most noted for her studies of Odonata and for her discovery of the stridulation in aquatic bugs in the family Corixidae.[2]

  1. ^ Hanly, Jane; Deevy, Patricia (1997). Mulvihill, Mary (ed.). Stars, shells & bluebells: women scientists and pioneers. Dublin: Women in Technology and Science. pp. 41–47. ISBN 0953195309.
  2. ^ Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory 2. Oxford: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810849798.