English archaeologist and geologist (1823–1908)

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Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.

Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.

Sir John Evans 1823-1908 : antiquity, commerce and natural science in the age of Darwin / edited by Arthur MacGregor.

On portions of a cranium and a jaw in the slab containing the fossil remains of the Archaeopteryx / by John Evans.

Address to the Ethnological and Anthropological Department of the Section of Biology at the Liverpool Meeting, 1870 / by John Evans.

The origin, development and aims of our scientific societies / [Sir John Evans].

The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain / by John Evans.

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Evans, John, 1823-1908

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On portions of a cranium and a jaw in the slab containing the fossil remains of the Archaeopteryx / by John Evans.

Address to the Ethnological and Anthropological Department of the Section of Biology at the Liverpool Meeting, 1870 / by John Evans.

The origin, development and aims of our scientific societies / [Sir John Evans].

The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain / by John Evans.