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James Allan Stewart Evans is a
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historian and professor emeritus of classical Near Eastern and religious studies.


Biography

*From 1955 to 1960 he was assistant professor of
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at the
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and
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, London. *From 1960 to 1961 he was Visiting special lecturer in
Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...
at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
. *From 1961 to 1962 he was assistant professor of classics at the
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. *From 1962 to 1971 he was professor of history at the
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,
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, Canada. *From 1972 to 1973 he was professor of classics at the
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in
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and became professor emeritus.http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/evans-james-allan-1931


References

1931 births Living people 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian Byzantinists People from Cambridge, Ontario Scholars of Byzantine history {{Canada-historian-stub