Introduction

Biography

Evans was the son of James Evans, a priest-vi­car of Sal­is­bu­ry Ca­thed­ral, and hus­band of Ca­ro­line Joyce (mar­ried 1810)

He was edu­cat­ed at Wad­ham Col­lege, Ox­ford, where he gra­du­at­ed in 1803, and be­came a Fel­low in 1805.

Taking Ho­ly Or­ders in 1808, he re­mained in the Church of Eng­land un­til 1815, when he be­came a Bap­tist min­is­ter. He served the John Street Bap­tist Church, Gray’s Inn Road, Lon­don, for ma­ny years.

Evans con­trib­uted to Car­us Wil­son’s Friend­ly Vi­sit­or of 1827, and lat­er un­der the pseu­do­nym Alix. His son pub­lished Ev­ans’ Me­moirs and Re­mains in 1852 and 1855.

Other Works

• Dialogues on Im­port­ant Sub­jects, 1819
• Hymns Se­lect­ed Chief­ly for Pub­lic Wor­ship (Lon­don: print­ed by E. Jus­tus, 1818). Third edi­tion, 1822; last ed­it­ion, 1843.
• Checks to In­fi­de­li­ty, 1840