John Evans (travel Writer)
John Evans may refer to: Academics * John Evans (archaeologist) (1823–1908), English archaeologist and geologist *John Evans (topographical writer) (1768–c. 1812), writer on Wales * John Cayo Evans (1879–1958), Welsh mathematician *John Davies Evans (1925–2011), English archaeologist *John Gwenogvryn Evans (1852–1930), Welsh minister and paleographer *John Robert Evans (1929–2015), Canadian cardiologist and civic leader * John V. Evans (astronomer) (born 1933), British-American *John Wainwright Evans (1909–1999), solar astronomer *John William Evans (geologist) (1857–1930), British * John William Evans (entomologist), British entomologist Entertainment *John Evans (actor) (1693–1734), Irish * John Evans (19th-century writer) (died 1832), English writer * John Evans (artist) (1932–2012), American *John Evans (director), American film director and screenwriter * John Evans (special effects), on five James Bond films * John Bryan Evans (born 1980), Welsh filmmaker ...
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John Evans (archaeologist)
Sir John Evans (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English archaeologist and geologist. Biography John Evans, son of the Rev. A. B. Evans, was born at Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire. At the age of seventeen he started to work for the paper-manufacturing business of John Dickinson & Co. Ltd at Nash Mills (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire). The company had been founded by his uncle and later father-in-law John Dickinson (1782–1869), who was also its senior partner. In 1850 Evans was admitted as a partner in the company and did not retire from active management until 1885. Apart from his managerial work John Evans was also a distinguished antiquary, archaeologist and numismatist. He was president of the following societies and institutions: * The Society of Antiquaries, from 1885 to 1892. * The Royal Numismatic Society, from 1874 to the time of his death. * The Geological Society of London, from 1874 to 1876. * The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, ...
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