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* EVANS. 307 EVANS. Communism (1872) ; and The Second Appearing of Christ (1873). EVANS, Sir George De Lacy (1787-1870). A British soldier and politician. He was born in Ireland; entered the British Army in 1807; was present, as lieutenant-colonel of infantry, at the capture' of Washington, the attack on Baltimore, and the operations before New Orleans, in the War of 1812; and returned to Europe in time to light under Wellington at Waterloo. He served ill Parliament from 1833 to 1841, and again from 1846 to 1805, as a representative of the 'Advanced Liberals,' and in 1835 commanded the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain. In 1854 he was pro- moted lieutenant-general, and was selected to command the second division of the army sent to the Crimea, where be distinguished himself in the war against Russia. EVANS, Henry Clay (1843—). An Ameri- can politician, born in Juniata County, Pa. In [864 he enlisted in the Forty-first Wisconsin Infantry, subsequently established manufactories ot iron' and railway-cars at Chattanooga, Terai., and was twice elected Mayor of that city. From 1889 to 1891 he was a member of Congress, and from 1889 to 1893 Assistant Postmaster-General. In 1894 he was elected Governor of Tennessee in accordance with the original returns, but a re- count having been made by the Legislature, cer- tain returns were rejected on the ground of ir- regularity, and the Democratic candidate was therewith declared elected. At the National Re- publican Convention of 1890 he was second in the balloting for Vice-President, and in 1897 he was appointed United States Commissioner of Pensions, but resigned that office in 1902, and was appointed Consul-General at London. EVANS, Hugh Davey ( 1792-1868 )._ An American author. He was born in Baltimore; was admitted to the Baltimore bar in 1815, and attained eminence as a constitutional lawyer. He was prominent in the councils of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church; edited several religious newspapers between 1843 and 1858; and from 1852 to 1804 was lecturer on civil and ecclesias- tical law in Saint James's College, Maryland. The most important of his numerous publications is his Treatise on the Christian Doctrine of Mar- riage, published posthumously in 1870. Consult Harrison, Memoir of Ilugh Davey Evans (Hart- ford, 1870). EVANS, Sir Hugh. A simple-minded Welsh parson, in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Wind- sor. The mock duel that Falstaff and his friends arrange between this character and Dr. Caius is probably the prototype of the similar affair be- tween Daw and La Foole in Jonson's Epiccene. EVANS, Sir John (1823—). An English antiquary. He was born in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, and was educated by his father. He made a fortune in paper manufacture, and there- after devoted himself largely to collecting coins and antiquities. He was president of the Geolog- ical Society of Antiquaries from 1885 to 1892, of the Numismatic Society from 1875 to 1902, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1897-98, and of the Egyptian Explora- tion Fund. His researches embrace the depart- ments of geology, archaeology, and numismatics, and his collection of coins ranks among the first in England. His principal publications include: Coins of the Ancient Itritons (1864); and The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Or- naments of Great Britain (1H72), both of which have been translated into French. EVANS, Mary Ann or Marian (1819 80). An English novelist, the author of Adam Iiede, Felia Holt, Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, etc. She wrote under the pseudonym George Eliot, and under this title her life and works are described. See Eliot, George. EVANS, Oliver (1755-1819). An American inventor. He was born at, Newport, Del., and in his early youth was apprenticed to a wheel- wright, thus being afforded an opportunity of displaying uncommon inventive genius. When twenty-two years of age he invented a machine for making the wire card-teeth used in carding cotton and wool, which hitherto had been pro- duced by hand work. He later invented im- proved machinery for flour-mills, which enabled the miller to make not only finer flour, but twenty pounds more to the barrel, at the same time cutting down the cost of labor one-half. Having invented a steam-engine, in 1780 he asked for a patent from the Legislature of Pennsyl- vania for its application to mill machinery and to the steam-carriage. Evans made the first high-pressure steam-engine, and the first steam dredging-machine used in the United States. This dredge, weighing about 4000 pounds, was put on wheels and propelled itself to the Schuyl- kill River, one and one-half miles distant, where it was connected to a stern paddle-wheel and navigated the Schuylkill down to its junction with the Delaware. This is supposed to have been the first actual propulsion of a carriage on land by steam in America. He designed and con- structed an engine for a steam-vessel on the Mississippi River, but the boat in which it was to be mounted was never completed and the engine was installed in a sawmill, where it ran most successfully. He built many steam-engines and invented much new machinery, and has been termed the 'Watt of America.' He died in New York, April 21, 1819. Consult Thurston, Growth of the Steam Engine (New York, 1878). EVANS, Robley Dunglison (1846—). An American naval officer, born in Virginia. He graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1863 ; served in the West Indies, and partici- pated, with the North Atlantic blockading squadron, in both attacks on Fort Fisher, and in the second was severely wounded. In 1866, how- ever, he returned to the service as a lieutenant. He was lighthouse inspector (1882-86); com- manded the Yorktojcn at Valparaiso (1891-921 ; was made captain in 1893; and in 1896 was transferred to the Indiana, the first battle-ship commissioned by the United States. Later, he was attached to the Lighthouse Board (1897), and during the war with Spain was in com- mand of the Iowa, and took a prominent part in the battle of Santiago. At one time during the fight the fire of the entire Spanish fleet was con- centrated on the Iowa. In 1898, at his own re- quest. Evans was detached from the Ioica, and afterwards was made a member of the Board of Inspection and Survey. He was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral February 11. 1901. During the visit to the United States of Prince Henry of Prussia, in 1902, Rear-Admiral Evans was his