William Lawrence Balls

William Lawrence Balls
Balls in 1924
Born(1882-09-03)3 September 1882
Norfolk, England
Died18 July 1960(1960-07-18) (aged 77)
EducationBedford Modern School, W.L.Balls was educated at Norwich School,
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsCotton cultivation studies
genetics, physiology and textile technology
InstitutionsKhedivial cotton field, Alexandria, Egypt,
Worked at The Department for the Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association,
'Cryptogamic Botanist' to the Khedivial Agricultural Society of Egypt in Cairo, 1904–1910,

Studied for 9 successive cotton crops studying genetics, physiology and textile technology. Egypt as the head of all cotton work and was to remain there for the remainder of his working life. great practical achievements using his administrative skills and to co-ordinate the work on cotton botany, agronomy and entomology.
Studied the movement of water movement across all of the 70-acre (280,000 m2) farm for more than 25 years.
Established the concept of pure-line seed supply and a plant for the actual spinning of small samples.

Chairman, Joint Standing Committee of the Board of Trade Committee,
(ECGC), The Shirley Institute of the BCIRA. retired in 1947.

William Lawrence Gordon Balls, also known as W.L.G Balls, CMG, CBE, FRS (3 September 1882 – 18 July 1960) was a British botanist who specialized in cotton picking technology. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923.

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