Mathematician:Walter William Rouse Ball

Mathematician
English mathematician, lawyer, and amateur magician.

Best known for his accounts of the history of mathematics.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 14 August 1850 in Hampstead, London, England
 * Died: 4 April 1925 in Elmside, Cambridge, England

Publications

 * 1876: Student's guide to the Bar
 * 1888: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
 * 1889: A History of the Study of Mathematics at Cambridge
 * 1892:
 * 1892:
 * 1896:
 * 1905:
 * 1908: A History of the First Trinity Boat Club
 * 1911:
 * 1914:
 * 1917:
 * 1919:
 * 1920: String Figures (2nd ed. 1921, 3rd ed. 1929) reprinted in 1971 with supplements as Fun with String Figures
 * 1920:
 * 1922:
 * 1939: (with )
 * 1974: (with )