| Prof. Geoffrey Vernon Ball | |
| Birth Name: | Geoffrey Vernon Ball |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1926 |
| Death Date: | 27 March 2015[1] |
| Birth Place: | Sutton Coldfield, England |
| Occupation: | professor of ophthalmics |
| Height: | 1.8 m |
| Years Active: | 1948–2015 |
Geoffrey Vernon Ball was one of the first lecturing professors of ophthalmics, pioneering its early inception through the 1950s while head of Department at Aston University, England. He was appointed the first full-time lecturing precision in ophthalmic optics outside of London. in the 1970's Ball together with his colleague Michael Wolffe conducted an extensive experience for Aston students in NHS hospitals all over the United Kingdom including Exeter, Cheltenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Bournemouth and Nottingham.[2] [3]