George Evans
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George Evans may refer to:
- George Evans (antiquary)George Evans (antiquary)George Evans, D.D. , was an English antiquary.Evans was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and became a fellow of Jesus in 1650, and graduated M.A. in 1653. He became vicar of New Windsor, and was installed canon of Windsor 30 July 1660. He proceeded D.D. at Cambridge in...
(1630?-1702) - George Evans, 1st Baron CarberyGeorge Evans, 1st Baron CarberyGeorge Evans, 1st Baron Carbery PC was an Irish politician and peer.Evans was the son of George Evans, of Bulgaddon Hall, County Limerick and his wife Mary . He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Limerick County in 1707, a seat he held until 1715...
(c. 1680–1749), Irish politician - George Evans, 4th Baron CarberyGeorge Evans, 4th Baron CarberyGeorge Evans, 4th Baron Carbery was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:Carbery was the son of George Carbery, 3rd Baron Carbery, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Horton. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Political career:Carbery...
(1766–1804), British politician - George Evans (explorer)George Evans (explorer)George William Evans was a surveyor and early explorer in the colony of New South Wales. Evans was born in Warwick, England, migrating to Australia in October 1802.-Early Career:...
(1780–1852), Australian explorer - George Evans (American politician) (1797–1867), American congressman
- George Evans (Australian politician) (1802–1868), politician in Victoria, Australia
- George Hampden EvansGeorge Hampden EvansThe Rt.Hon. George Hampden Evans was an Irish politician.He was the eldest son of Captain Hampden Evans and his wife Margaret née Davis of Portrane, County Dublin. in 1805 he married Sophia Parnell, only daughter of Sir John Parnell former Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland...
(died 1842), Irish politician - George Henry EvansGeorge Henry EvansBorn in England, George H Evans was a radical reformer, with experience in the Working Men's movement of 1829 and the trade union movements of the 1830s...
(1805–1855), American radical reformer - George Essex EvansGeorge Essex Evans-Biography:Evans was born in London on 18 June 1863. Both his parents were Welsh. Evans's father, John Evans, Q.C., died in 1864 when Evans was only a few months old. John Evans, who was the Treasurer of the Inner Temple and a member of the House of Commons, left his family a fortune of 60 000...
(1863–1909), Australian journalist - Rosser EvansRosser EvansGeorge Rosser Evans was an international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales...
(1867–?), Wales international rugby union player - George "Honey Boy" Evans (1870–1915), American songwriter and entertainer
- George Evans (VC)George Evans (VC)George Evans VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1876–1937), British Army officer - George Evans (cartoonist) (1920–2001), comic book artist
- George Evans (footballer born 1935)George Evans (footballer born 1935)George Evans was a Welsh footballer.-Playing career:Evans spent time as a youngster with Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool before playing non-league football for Oswestry Town...
(1935–2000), Welsh footballer - George Evans (singer) (born 1963), Canadian-American jazz vocalist
- George Evans (basketball)George Evans (basketball)George Evans is a former basketball standout at George Mason University from 1997-2001. He ranks first all time at George Mason in steals and blocked shots , third in points and rebounds , and 13th in assists .-Basketball career:Evans shares a record with David Robinson as being the only 2...
(born 1971), American basketballer - George Evans (footballer)George Evans (footballer)George Evans was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He played for Manchester United.-External links:*...
, former Manchester United player - George Evans (coach), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- George Evans (bandleader)George Evans (bandleader)George Evans, born London, died February 16, 1993, was an English jazz bandleader, arranger and tenor saxophonist.Having started playing ukelele-banjo, he moved on to the saxophone at 14, and was doing local gigs at age 15...
(died 1993), English jazz bandleader, arranger and tenor saxophonist - George Ewart EvansGeorge Ewart EvansGeorge Ewart Evans was a Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist who became a dedicated collector of oral history and oral tradition in the East Anglian countryside from the 1940s to 1970s, and produced eleven books of collections of these materials.-Life and career:Evans was born in a...
(1909–1988), Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist
See also
- Sir George De Lacy Evans (1787–1870), British general