George Phillips Bevan (1829 – 1889) FSS FGS was a Welsh statistician, geographer and author, and the brother of
William Latham Bevan.
His father was William Hibbs Bevan (1788-1846), who was high sheriff for Breconshire in 1841, and his brother,
William Bevan, was archdeacon of Brecon from 1875. His mother Margaret, daughter of Joseph Latham, was also of Beaufort.
Bevan's ''Statistical Atlas'' (1882)
His ''Statistical Atlas'' was a massive tome with 45 plates, each 20×28 inches, and many statistical tables.
It provides a useful reference list of schools of the period.
''The Educational Condition of the United Kingdom''
These tables and map provide a useful reference to educational institutions of the 1880s, including statistical information about the following:
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Primitive Methodist
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In the United States, the Primiti ...
** ''York Jubilee School'' (
Elmfield College
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** ''Birmingham
Bourne College''
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Moravian
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Fulneck School
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Gomersal School
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Mirfield School
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Wyke School
Publications
* 1880 ''The strikes of the past ten years''. Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 43(1), 35–64.
*1880 ''Tourists' Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire ... With ... Maps.''
*1882 ''The Statistical Atlas of England, Scotland and Ireland''. Edinburgh & London:
W. & A. K. Johnston
''British Manufacturing Industries''
Bevan edited a series of volumes consisting of papers on primary manufacturing and crafts in the UK. There were 15 volumes, published from 1876 to 1878.
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Welsh statisticians
Fellows of the Geological Society of London
Fellows of the Royal Statistical Society
1829 births
1889 deaths