Background
Ball, Oscar Melville was born on August 25, 1868 in Miami, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Eliza Anne (Braden) Balliol
Ball, Oscar Melville was born on August 25, 1868 in Miami, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Eliza Anne (Braden) Balliol
Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1897. Fellow in botany, University of Virginia, 1898. Student of University of Bonn, 1900, Leipzig, 1900-1903.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Leipzig, 1903.
B. (wife of Lieutenant Robert M. Lee). Instructor in biology, University of Virginia, 1896-1897. Professor of chemistry, Miller School, Virginia, 1897-1900.
Professor botany and mycology, 1903-1909, botany and zoology, 1909-1911, biology, since June 1, 1911, Agricultural and Mechanics
College of Texas.
Member Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Economics Society, National Institute Society Sciences, Paleontological Society American, et cetera Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner).
Married Mary B. Moon, June 16, 1900.
