Evans, Evan (1854 - 1925)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E001654 - Evans, Evan (1854 - 1925)

Title
Evans, Evan (1854 - 1925)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E001654

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2011-11-30

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Evans, Evan (1854 - 1925), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Evans, Evan

Date of Birth
1854

Date of Death
18 July 1925

Place of Death
Danygraig, Wales, UK

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS January 27th 1886
 
FRCS December 13th 1894
 
BA Cantab 1882
 
MB BCh 1886
 
DPH 1888

Details
Born in 1854, matriculated from King's College, Cambridge, gained a 2nd class in the Natural Science Tripos in June, 1882, and then proceeded to St Mary's Hospital, where he was Scholar in Histology, Physiology, and Biology, and Rolleston Scholar in Pathology and Ophthalmology. In the Medical School of St Mary's he was Demonstrator of Physiology, and Histological, Pathological, and Ophthalmological Clinical Assistant. After being Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, he settled in practice at Llanelly, where for nearly forty years he was Medical Officer of Health to the Rural District Council and Poor Law Officer to the Llanelly Union. He was an eye specialist under the Pensions Board for West Wales, his several other appointments including those of Medical Referee under the Workmen's Compensation Act, and Lecturer and Teacher under the Midwives Board. Soon after he had settled in Llanelly he joined the local Volunteers, and subsequently held a commission in the 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment (Territorial Force), retiring in 1922 with the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel. He instituted Ambulance work in Llanelly, and held his first Ambulance Class in 1887. The St John Ambulance Association appointed him Commissioner for the County, and he became Hon Associate of the Order in 1921, and a Knight of Grace in 1924. He was at one time Chairman of the West Wales Division of the British Medical Association and President of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Branch, and School Medical Officer for the County of Carmarthen. Evans died at Danygraig, Burry Port, on July 18th, 1925, leaving a widow, one son in practice at Westcliff-on-Sea, and three daughters. He was buried with full military honours on July 22nd. Publications: *Report to the Local Government Board, on the Sanitary Condition of the Town of Amlwch, and on the Prevalence of 'Fever' there*, fol., London, 1893. *Report…on an Outbreak of Diphtheria at Rainham…April * 27, 1894, fol., London, 1894. *Report…on an Outbreak of Enteric Fever at Pocklington, January* 4, 1894, fol., London, 1894. *Report…upon the General Sanitary Condition of the Festiniog Urban District. December *10, 1894, fol., London, 1894.

Rights
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
Obituary

Format
Asset

Asset Path
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001600-E001699

URL for File
373837

Media Type
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