Ball, Sidney (1857-1918)

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Birth Date

1857-04-20

Death Date

1918-05-23

Birthplace

Pershore, England

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Sidney Ball studied at Wellington College and then Oriel College at Oxford. He then attended philosophy lectures at various German colleges before being elected to a Lectureship in Philosophy and a Fellowship at St. John's College, Oxford in 1882. Ball remained at St. John's College, working as a teacher and as a pastor. Ball was involved in education reform, advocating for the establishment of a School of English Language and Literature, the admission of women to full membership to the University, and the abolishment of the compulsory chapel. In 1883, Ball became part of a committee that worked to establish the Toynbee Hall Settlement in the East End of London, and in 1884 Ball founded the Social Science Club. Ball was also a member of the Committee on Working-Class Education, and he helped create a Diploma in Economics at Oxford and the Barnett House, a school of social studies. He was a member of the Fabian Society, - having established the Oxford Fabian Society in 1895 - the Oxford University Home Rule League, the Oxford Political Economy Club, the Oxford Christian Social Union, and the Executive Committee of Ruskin College. Ball also wrote articles for the Economic Review, the Economic Journal, and the International Journal of Ethics.

Ball married Dona Howard Butlin in 1891. They had one daughter, Oona Mary. Ball died in 1918 of pericarditis.