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William Evans (governor)
William or Will Evans may refer to: Arts and entertainment *William Evans (watercolourist) (1798–1877), English watercolour painter born in Eton *William Evans (landscape painter) (1809–1858), William Evans of Bristol *William T. Evans (1843–1918), American art collector *William Evans (Wil Ifan) (1883–1968), Welsh poet and Archdruid *William John Evans (1866–1947), Welsh musician and composer *Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), a.k.a. William Evans, American musician *Dave Evans (bluegrass) (1950–2017), William Evans, bluegrass musician Politics, law, and military *William David Evans (1767–1821), English lawyer *William Evans (1788–1856), British MP for North Derbyshire *Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet (1821–1892), British Liberal politician and benefactor *William Evans (judge) (1846/7–1918), Welsh judge and legal author *William Evans (Australian politician) (1856–1914), Australian union leader and politician *William Sanford Evans (1869–1950), Manitoba politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Evans (watercolourist)
William Evans (1798–1877) was an English water-colour painter. Life Evans was born at Eton on 4 December 1798, was son of Samuel Evans, a landscape-painter originally from Flintshire, who had settled at Windsor. Samuel Evans he was selected to teach drawing to the daughters of George III, and eventually became drawing-master at Eton College. There are some views of North Wales and Windsor by him which have been engraved. He left Eton about 1818 for Droxford, Hampshire, where he died in about 1835. William Evans was educated at Eton, and originally studied medicine, but eventually turned to art, and became a pupil of William Collins, R.A.. In 1818 Dr. Keate appointed him drawing-master at Eton in his father's place. He was elected an associate of the Old Society of Painters in Water-colours on 11 February 1828, in which year he exhibited drawings of Windsor, Eton, Thames fishermen, Barmouth, and Llanberis, and on 7 June 1830 he was elected a member of the society. He c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |