Background
Ball, Francis Kingsley was born on November 29, 1863 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Asbury and Fanny Ann (Johnston) Balliol
Ball, Francis Kingsley was born on November 29, 1863 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Asbury and Fanny Ann (Johnston) Balliol
Bachelor of Arts, Drury, 1887, Doctor of Laws, 1920. Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1887-1888. Harvard, 1888-1894, Bachelor of Arts, 1890, Master of Arts, 1891, Doctor of Philosophy, 1894.
Travel and study abroad, 1897-1899 (winter of 1898-1899 at University of Berlin).
Teacher of English composition, Oberlin Academy, 1887-1888. Instructor in Latin, Harvard, 1892-1893. Professor Greek, University of North Carolina, 1894-1897.
Instructor Greek and German, Phillips Exeter.
Academy, 1899-1910; instructor German, The Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1910-1912. Editor Ginn & Company, publications, Boston, 1912-1938.
Member American Philological Association.
Married Janet Nettleton, July 21, 1891.