Professor, climatologist.
Born in England on 5 November 1938, he received a secondary education there before coming to Canada. He received a BA degree (Honours) from the University of Winnipeg, an MA degree from the University of Manitoba, and a PhD degree from Queen Mary College, University of London. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator for eight and a half years. He taught geography, and specifically climatology, at the University of Winnipeg from 1971 until retirement in 1996, during which time he was controversial for his public denial of anthropogenic climate change. He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 24 September 2022.
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
“As Cold as I Ever Knew” by Joseph Cohen, Feb. 22, 1802. The Changing Climate of Manitoba
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 33, 1976-77 Season
“Tim Ball, climatologist and public speaker died at 83,” SNBC, 25 September 2022.
We thank Monica Ball for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 September 2022
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