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Sir John Evans, KCB, FRS (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English archaeologist and geologist. ==Biography== John Evans was the son of the Rev. Dr A. B. Evans, headmaster of Market Bosworth Grammar School, and was born at Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire. He was for many years manager of the extensive paper manufactory of his uncle, and later father-in-law, John Dickinson (1782–1869) at Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, but was distinguished especially as an antiquary, archaeologist and numismatist, that is, a collector of ancient objects and coins. Evans was president from 1885 to 1892 of the Society of Antiquaries; and he was President of the Numismatic Society from 1874 to the time of his death. He was also president of the Geological Society of London, 1874–1876; the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1877–1879; the Society of Chemical Industry, 1891–1893; and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1897–1898. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864 and for twenty years (1878–1898) he was treasurer of the Royal Society. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1881.〔(Sir John Evans: Learned Societies and Awards ). University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009〕 As President of the Society of Antiquaries he was an ''ex officio'' trustee of the British Museum, and subsequently he became a permanent trustee. His academic honors included honorary degrees from several universities, and he was a corresponding member of the Institut de France. He was created a KCB (Knight of the Order of the Bath) in 1892. Most of his very large personal archaeological collection was given to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford by his son Arthur. The Anglo-Saxon jewelled "Ixworth Cross" and "Tostock Buckle" are two of the outstanding objects.〔(Sir John Evans's collections of artefacts – British ). University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009.〕 His library was left to the Bodleian Library.〔(Evans's Book Collection ). University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009.〕 A collection of Iron Age antiquities Evans and Sir John Lubbock excavated at the site of Hallstatt in Austria is now in the British Museum's collection.〔(British Museum Collection )〕〔(British Museum Collection )〕 He lived at Britwell on Castle Hill in Berkhamsted〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Mansion, Berkhamsted )〕 where died in 1908. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Evans (archaeologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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