W. W. Rouse Ball

W. W. Rouse Ball
Born
Walter William Rouse Ball

(1850-08-14)14 August 1850
Hampstead, London, England
Died4 April 1925(1925-04-04) (aged 74)
Cambridge, England
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known for
AwardsSmith's Prize (1874)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTrinity College, Cambridge
Doctoral studentsErnest Barnes

Walter William Rouse Ball[a] (14 August 1850 – 4 April 1925), known as W. W. Rouse Ball, was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club in 1919, one of the world's oldest magic societies.[1][2]


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  1. ^ "Pentacle Club – Magicpedia".
  2. ^ Whittaker, E. T. (October 1925). "Obituary: W. W. Rouse Ball". The Mathematical Gazette. 12 (178): 449–454. doi:10.1017/S0025557200247207. JSTOR 3604492.