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 Jennifer K. Balch is an American scientist best known for her work involving the Earth Lab Project at University of Colorado Boulder, primarily researches the relationship between fire and the Amazon. She specializes in research involving temperat ...

American wildfire scientist *

Pamela Balch Pamela Balch is the 18th president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Balch is a 1971 graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College, and was the unanimous choice as the eighteenth president of the college by the Board ...

, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College * Reg Balch (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist * Robert Balch (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) Thomas Balch (Leesburg, Virginia, July 23, 1821 — Philadelphia, March 29, 1877) was an American historian, best known for his work on the American Revolutionary War, originally written in French and later translated into English as ''The French i ...

(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 Joseph Pope Balch (August 9, 1822 – December 2, 1872) was an American businessman from Rhode Island who served as an officer in the Union Army during the early months of the American Civil War. Early life and background Balch was an educated ...

(1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island

Others

Albert V. Balch Albert V. Balch (July 21, 1828 – March 3, 1915) was an American surveyor, businessman, and politician. Born in Plattsburgh, New York, Balch settled in Weyauwega, Wisconsin in 1851. Balch was a surveyor and was in the fire insurance business ...

(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 (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 The Oscar B. Balch House is a home located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The Prairie style Balch House was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. The home was the first house Wright designed after ...

(1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright *

Stephen Bloomer Balch Stephen Bloomer Balch (April 5, 1747 – September 7, 1833) was a Presbyterian minister and educator in Georgetown, which is now part of Washington, D.C. In 1780, Balch established Georgetown Presbyterian Church, which was the second church in ...

(1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister

Places

Balch (crater) Balch is a crater on Venus at latitude 29.9, longitude 282.9 in Devana Chasma, Central Beta Regio. It is 40 km in diameter and named after Emily Balch Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American economics, e ...

, on Venus *

Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_relief=yes , pushpin_label_position=bottom , pushpin_mapsize=300 , pushpin_map_caption=Location in Afghanistan ...

, alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan * Balch Cave 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, arena in Boulder, Colorado *

Balch Hall Balch Hall is the only remaining all-female dormitory on the North Campus of Cornell University. Technically, Balch Hall consists of four eighty-student halls, hence the more accurate name the Balch Halls, which has fallen out of use. Balch Hall i ...

, at Cornell University *

Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio) The Balch House is a historic house in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located along Greendale Avenue in that city's Clifton neighborhood, it is a two-and-a-half-story building constructed primarily in the Queen Anne style of architecture.Gor ...

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