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EDWARD BALL KNOBEL, who died on July 25 last, was born in London on Oct. 21, 1841. He was educated at Stockwell Grammar School and at the Royal School of Mines, but did not take a university degree; he was given an honorary D.Sc. at Oxford in 1927. He was engaged in business as a manufacturer throughout the greater part of his life, and his work for astronomy could be done only in his leisure hours.
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F., J. DR. E. B. KNOBEL. Nature 126, 249 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126249a0
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