Born at Derby, the youngest son of a large family. At an early age he became a pupil of Messrs T and H Lomas, of Belper, a firm which, for fifty years, turned out a succession of energetic and well-trained practitioners. He finished his education at University College Hospital, and in 1840 began to practise at Winster in Derbyshire, where he quickly found an extensive round of patients. In 1852 he succeeded John Ellis at Bakewell, Derbyshire, and was at once appointed Surgeon to the Dispensary, holding this position to the end of his life. He was also Medical Officer to the Workhouse and a Certifying Factory Surgeon. He regularly attended the annual meetings of the British Medical Association. He died at Bakewell on August 1st, 1886, and was buried in the picturesquely placed churchyard, leaving a widow and a growing family. He was succeeded in his practice by his eldest son, Charles Walter Evans, MB.