Robert Evans

Background

Evans was born at the Council House, Shrewsbury, the second son of John Evans, Doctor of Medicine, of Llwynygroes, near Oswestry, by his wife, Jane Wilson.

Education

He was educated under Samuel Butler at Shrewsbury School, and proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1807.

Career

There he became seventh wrangler, second chancellor"s medallist, and Bachelor of Arts 1811, Master of Arts 1814, and Bachelor of Divinity 1842. Having obtained a Trinity fellowship in 1813, he was elected classical tutor of the college in the following year, having George Peacock, afterwards Dean of Ely, as his colleague. In 1836 his former master, Doctor Butler, then bishop of Lichfield, made him his examining chaplain, and collated him to the vicarage of Tarvin, Cheshire.

Here he found parish work in abundance, the experience of which is given in his Bishopric of Souls.

In 1842 he accepted from his college the vicarage of Heversham, a place within a morning drive of the finest of the Westmoreland scenery. One of his first acts was to build a new vicarage house on the shoulders of Heversham Head, a spot from which he commanded a most extensive view.

He was appointed Archdeacon of Westmorland in 1856, resigning the position in January 1865 because of his age. He died at Heversham vicarage 10 March 1866.

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  • Daily hymns 1860 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 279. Reprinted in 2013 with the hel...)

  • (Daily Hymns) Author: Robert Wilson Evans published on (October, 2013)