Bryan W. Ball

Bryan William Ball was born in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England on 11 July 1935, the son of Cecil William Richard Ball and Nora (née Beardsell). He was later made president of the South Pacific Division between 1990 and 1997 where he was instrumental in the further development of the Sydney Adventist Hospital and helped the Pacific Adventist College in Papua New Guinea achieve university status. Ball died on 12 November 2025, at the age of 86. ==Selected bibliography==

• A great expectation: eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660. Published by Brill, Leiden, 1975 • The English connection: the Puritan roots of Seventh-Day Adventist belief. Published by J. Clarke, Cambridge, England, 1981 • The Seventh-day Men: Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600-1800. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York City, 1994 • The essential Jesus: the man, His message, His mission. Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association, Nampa, Idaho, 2002; Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 2002 • Christopher Feake 1612-1683. Entry in the DNB, Oxford University Press, 2004 • Can we still believe the Bible? : and does it really matter? Published by Signs Publishing Company, Victoria, Australia, 2007 • The soul sleepers: Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley. Published by James Clarke & Co., Cambridge, 2008 • In the beginning: science and scripture confirm creation. Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association, Nampa, Idaho, 2012 • Grounds for Assurance and Hope - Selected Biblical and Historical writings of Bryan W. Ball. Published by Avondale Academic Press, 2015 ==References==