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Category : Archaeologists
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Sir John Evans, 1823-1908
Author: Sir John Evans 1823-1908
Author: Arthur MacGregorPublisher: Ashmolean Museum
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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The figure of Sir John Evans might stand as an exemplar for so many aspects of Victorian virtue. From beginnings as a clerk in the paper industry, he rose by hard work and astute judgement (not to mention advantageous marriage) to the peak of his profession. He became a phenomenon amongst the learned societies, holding office in the Royal Society, Numismatic Society, Society of Antiquaries, Geological Society and others. A thrice-married family man, he enjoyed a wide friendship, drawn mostly from the scholarly and scientific community and characterised as the 'Darwinist community'; with a strong sense of purpose they sought ways to extend the principles of natural selection to numismatic and antiquarian practice, and to establish protocols for the communication of visual evidence. Evans played key roles in topics as diverse as the water supply for the metropolis and the establishment of human antiquity. His archaeological and numismatic collections were internationally famous and formed the basis for a body of printed works produced over fifty years of sustained effort. In this easily readable but scholarly volume, fourteen authors examine Evans' enduring significance in a study that firmly establishes his place in the canon of leading figures of Victorian society.
Sir John Evans, 1823-1908
Author: Leonard ForrerPublisher:
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Category : Archaeologists
Languages : fr
Pages : 35
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Sir John Evans, K. C. B. 1823-1908
Author: Leonhard ForrerThe Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain
Author: John EvansPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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Time and Chance
Author: Joan EvansPublisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Arthur John Evans was born 8 July 1851 in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England. His parents were John Evans (1823-1908) and Harriet Ann Dickinson (1820-1858). He married Margaret Freeman (1848-1893). He was a noted archaeologist.
Sir John Evans, K. G. B., 1823-1908, biographie et bibliographie, par L. Forrer
Author: L. ForrerMaking Deep History
Author: Clive GamblePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192643681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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One afternoon in late April 1859 two geologically minded businessmen, John Evans and Joseph Prestwich, found and photographed the proof for great human antiquity. Their evidence — small, hand-held stone tools found in the gravel quarries of the Somme among the bones of ancient animals — shattered the timescale of Genesis and kicked open the door for a time revolution in human history. In the space of a calendar year, and at a furious pace, the relationship between humans and time was forever changed. This interpretation of deep human history was shaped by the optimistic decade of the 1850s, the Victorian Heyday in the age of equipoise. Proving great human antiquity depended on matching the principles of geology with the personal values of scientific zeal and perseverance; qualities which time-revolutionaries such as Evans and Prestwich had in abundance. Their revolution was driven by a small group of weekend scientists rather than some great purpose, and it proved effective because of its bonds of friendship stiffened by scientific curiosity and business acumen. Clive Gamble explores the personalities of these time revolutionaries and their scientific co-collaborators and adjudicators — Darwin, Falconer, Lyell, Huxley, and the French antiquary Boucher de Perthes — as well as their sisters, wives, and nieces Grace McCall, Civil Prestwich, and Fanny Evans. As with all scientific discoveries getting there was often circuitous and messy; the revolutionaries changed their minds and disagreed with those who should have been allies. Gamble's chronological narrative reveals each step from discovery to presentation, reception, consolidation, and widespread acceptance, and considers the impact of their work on the scientific advances of the next 160 years and on our fascination with the shaping power of time.
The Life Story of Sir John Evans
Author: Sir John William EvansPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 45
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Edw to Fra
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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