Balch Explained

Balch may refer to:

People with the surname

Academics

• Herbert E. Balch (1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver
• Jennifer Balch American wildfire scientist
• Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
• Reg Balch (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
• Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist
• Stephen Balch, American scholar
• Thomas Balch (historian) (1821–1877), American historian

Military

• George Beall Balch (1821–1908), American naval officer
• John Henry Balch (1896–1980), US Navy
• Joseph Pope Balch (1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island

Others

• Albert V. Balch (1828–1915), American politician
• Antony Balch (1937–1980), British film director
• Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
• John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
• Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
• Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister

Places

• Balch (crater), on Venus
• Balkh, alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan
• Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
• Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon
• Balch Fieldhouse, arena in Boulder, Colorado
• Balch Hall, at Cornell University
• Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
• Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
• Balch Springs, Texas

Vessels

• USS Balch (DD-363)
• USS Balch (DD-50)

Other uses

• Balch & Bingham, a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
• Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia

See also

• Balché, a mildly intoxicating Mayan drink