Balch may refer to:

People with the surname

Academics

Herbert E. Balch Herbert Ernest Balch (4 November 1869 – 27 May 1958) MA FSA was an English archaeologist, naturalist, caver and geologist who explored the caves of the Mendip Hills and pioneered many of the techniques used by modern cavers. Born in Wells, h ...

(1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver * Jennifer Balch American wildfire scientist * Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College *

Reg Balch Reginald Ernest Balch (December 29, 1894 – 1994) was a Canadian photographer and scientist. Biography He was born in Sevenoaks, England, the son of the Rev. Alfred Ernest Balch and Sarah Hawkes. He was educated at Bedford School and Kingswoo ...

(1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist *

Robert Balch Robert William Balch is a sociologist from the University of Montana. Balch is best known for his studies of Heaven's Gate (religious group), Heaven's Gate (with David Taylor), the Aryan Nations, and the Love Family. Heaven's Gate Balch found ...

(born 1945), American sociologist *

Stephen Balch Stephen H. Balch is an American conservative scholar and higher education reformer. He was the founding president of the National Association of Scholars from 1987 to 2009. Biography Early life Balch was born on January 31, 1944, into a Jewish ...

, American scholar * Thomas Balch (historian) (1821–1877), American historian

Military

* George Beall Balch (1821–1908), American naval officer *

John Henry Balch John Henry Balch (January 2, 1896 – October 15, 1980) was a United States Naval Reserve officer. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. Education Balch enlisted in the Navy in Kansas City, Missouri under an officers train ...

(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 Antony Balch (10 September 1937 – 6 April 1980) was an English film director and distributor, best known for his screen collaborations with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs in the 1960s and for the 1970s horror film, '' Horror Hospi ...

(1937–1980), British film director *

Emily Greene Balch Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, a ...

(1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient *John Balch, builder of the

John Balch House The John Balch House, located at 448 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in the United States. It is now operated as one of the historic house museums of Historic Beverly, and open seasonally. History ...

(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 *

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, alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan *

Balch Cave Balch Cave () is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the complex of passages feeding to St. Dunstan's Well Catchment Site of Special Scientific Inter ...

in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England *

Balch Creek Balch Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning at the crest of the Tualatin Mountains (West Hills), the creek flows generally east down a canyon along Northwest Cornell Road in unincorporated Multnomah ...

in Portland, Oregon *

Balch Fieldhouse Balch Fieldhouse is a 4,000, at one point seating 7,000, seat multi-purpose arena in Boulder, Colorado. It opened in 1937. It was home to the University of Colorado Buffaloes basketball teams until the CU Events Center opened in 1979. The Field ...

, arena in Boulder, Colorado * Balch Hall, at Cornell University * Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building *

Balch Pond Balch Pond is a water body located on the New Hampshire-Maine border, in the towns of Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Acton and Newfield, Maine. A northwest portion of the lake in New Hampshire is known as Stump Pond. Water flows from the eastern e ...

, on the Maine-New Hampshire border *

Balch Springs, Texas Balch Springs ( , ) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 23,728 at the 2010 census, and 25,007 at 2019's cen ...

Vessels

* USS ''Balch'' (DD-363) * USS ''Balch'' (DD-50)

Other uses

Balch & Bingham Balch & Bingham LLP is a United States law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. History The firm was founded in 1922 by William Logan Martin Jr, who served as Alabama's Attorney General between 1915-1917 and as attorney for Alabama Power Compan ...

, a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama *Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the

Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a long-established research facility, based in Philadelphia. It is a repository for millions of historic items ranging across rare books, scholarly monographs, family chronicles, maps, press reports and v ...

in Philadelphia