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'''John Evans'''
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ESL Council 1864-65 Member <br />ESL Council 1865-66 Member <br />ESL Council 1866-67 Member <br /><br />AI Council 1871 Vice President<br />AI Council 1872 Vice President<br />AI Council 1873 Vice President<br />AI Council 1874 Vice President<br />AI Council 1875 Vice President<br />AI Council 1876 Vice President<br />AI Council 1877 President<br />AI Council 1878 President<br />AI Council 1879 Vice President<br />AI Council 1880 Vice President<br />AI Council 1881 Vice President<br />AI Council 1882 Vice President<br />AI Council 1883 Vice President<br />AI Council 1884 Vice President<br />AI Council 1885 Vice President<br />A1 Council 1900 Vice President
=== House Notes ===
Secretary [1863] President [1875]of the Numismatic Society of London<br />1871.02.14 Finance Committee <br />death noted in the report of the council for 1908: The loss which the Institute has sustained by the decease of Sir John Evans has been keenly felt by all archaeologists. A full obituary notice appeared in Man (1908, 51). The Council takes this opportunity of offering once more a tribute to the memory of their distinguished ex-President.
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Sir John Evans, KCB, FRS (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English archaeologist and geologist.<br /><br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1865<br /><br />Born at Burnham, Buckinghamshire; died Berkhamsted Common. His mother’s brother was John Dickinson, the paper manufacturer, and Evans married his daughter. James Longman (FAI), a partner in Dickinson, married Evans’s daughter. Sebastian Evans (FAI), a journalist, was his brother. Arthur Evans (FAI) was his son and Joan Evans his daughter. Successful businessman and as well as being a member of numerous learned societies he was also a member of trade organizations, such as the Paper Makers’ Association, Institute of Chemical Industry, etc. Honorary degrees from Oxford, Dublin, Cambridge, Toronto and Trinity College, Toronto. Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.<br />Knighted in 1892<br />
