William Edward Evans, was an English divine and naturalist.
Background
Evans, was born 8 June 1801 in Shrewsbury. He inherited a taste for poetry and natural history from his father, John Evans Doctor of Medicine, who was a physician in that town, and author of a poem in four books on bees (1806-1813). His mother was Jane Wilson.
Career
A brother, Robert Wilson Evans, became the Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness. From Shrewsbury School, then ruled by Doctor Butler, Evans gained a scholarship at Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of Bachelor in 1823 and Master of Arts in 1826. In 1841 he was appointed prebendary of Hereford and praelector of the cathedral.
After holding Monkland for eighteen years, in 1850 Evans accepted the living of Madley with Tibberton, Herefordshire.
In 1861 he became canon of Hereford Cathedral. His health failed for the last two or three years of his life, and he died in the Close, Hereford, 21 November