Background
Evans was born on 4 July 1756 at Llwyn-y-groes, Llanymynech on the border between Montgomeryshire, Wales and Shropshire, England. His father was the map-maker John Evans.
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Education
Evans (the son) was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford, where he matriculated in 1773 from Jesus College, Oxford.
Career
He obtained degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1778), Master of Arts (1779) and Bachelor of Divinity (1783) from Street Alban Hall, Oxford, before obtaining the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Edinburgh. He then lived in Shrewsbury before moving back to Llwyn-y-groes after his father"s death in 1795. His father"s maps of North Wales were regarded as the best maps of the region before those of the Ordnance Survey on account of their appearance, size and accuracy of detail.
He published a further edition of the maps in 1802 with some new roads included.
His other interests included bees, and he wrote a didactic poem called The Bee.
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1846 (aged 89)