# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:19:51.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-ball"
name: "Robert Ball"
slug: "robert-ball"
description: "Robert Ball was an Irish naturalist. He served as the director of the Dublin University Museum, and developed a method of dredging known as \"Ball's dredge.\" He served as a secretary to the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland for two decades and was responsible for popularizing natural history through public educational outreach."
tagline: "Irish naturalist (1802-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobertBall.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1802-04-01"
deathDate: "1857-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.15
  momentum:             0.5454545454545454
  historical:           3.735421333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ball_(naturalist)"
    title: "Robert Ball (naturalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ball"
    title: "Robert Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ball"
    title: "Robert Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ball"
    title: "Robert Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump