| 词条 | Lewis Evans (collector) |
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|name = Lewis Evans |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1853 |birth_place = Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England |death_date = 25 September 1930 |death_place = Dawlish, Devon, England |other_names = |spouse = Eva Fanny Evans (nee Bradford) |known_for = collector of scientific instruments |occupation = Businessman (paper maker) |nationality = United Kingdom }} Lewis Evans (1853–1930) was an English businessman and scientific instrument collector. He was the son of Sir John Evans, an archaeologist, and younger brother of the more famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941) who excavated Knossos in Crete. He studied chemistry at University College London and became a businessman. During his career, he rose to Chairman of the family paper-making firm John Dickinson & Co. Ltd and lived at Russels, a country house near the company's paper mill, close to Watford. Over the course of about fifty years, Evans also built up an important collection of scientific instruments.[1] In 1924, he presented this collection of sundials, astrolabes, early mathematical instruments and associated library of early books to Oxford University. The Lewis Evans Collection was made accessible to the public in the same year and he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University in 1925. Through the efforts of his friend Robert Gunther, Evans donation helped in the founding of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford in 1930 by providing what became known as the Lewis Evans Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments, the core of the museum's initial collection. His library is also owned by the museum.[2] References1. ^Peter de Clercq, Lewis Evans and the White City Exhibitions, Sphæra, Issue 11. Newsletter of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Lewis}}{{England-business-bio-stub}}2. ^Lewis Evans Library, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. 10 : 1853 births|1930 deaths|English antiquarians|English businesspeople|English philanthropists|Alumni of University College London|Collectors|Museum founders|People associated with the University of Oxford|People from Abbots Langley |
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