GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001655
NameGeorge Evans
Title
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1631-02-19 - d. 1701-03-02 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 2 on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 2:6 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesHitcham -- ParishSt Benet Fink -- ParishWindsor -- ParishJesus College -- Place of StudyWindsor Castle -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami, Adam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 8959), ACAD (Venn) (ID: EVNS646G)
Other NoteEvans was an antiquary, some of his works having been posthumously published in Elias Ashmole's The Antiquities of Berkshire (1719). Date of birth unknown, but Evans was baptized on 19 February 1631. B.A. (1649/50), M.A. (1653), D.D. (1665) from Jesus College, Cambridge, and fellow there (1650-1658). Canon of Windsor Castle from 1660 until his death in 1701/2. Vicar of New Windsor, Berkshire, 1663. Rector of St Benet Fink, London, 1663-1693. Rector of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, 1667-1701/2. He is perhaps the preacher of two sermons mentioned by Joseph Keble in M.S. Rawl. E. 210, preached at Gray's Inn in 1696-1697, one of which he ascribes to "Mr Evans" and the other to "Dr Evans".
GEMMS record createdJune 28, 2017
GEMMS record last editedApril 20, 2022