Mathematician:Walter William Rouse Ball

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

Books and Papers

 * 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: Mathematical Recreations and Essays (later editions with H.S.M. Coxeter)
 * 1908: A History of the First Trinity Boat Club
 * 1920: String Figures (2nd ed. 1921, 3rd ed. 1929) reprinted in 1971 with supplements as Fun with String Figures