EVANS, SIR ARTHUR JOHN

1851–1941, English archaeologist. He was (1884–1908) keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. From 1900 to 1935 he conducted excavations on the Greek island of Crete, principally at Knossos, and there uncovered the remains of the previously unknown Minoan civilization. He devised a Minoan chronology spanning several thousand years that is still considered essentially accurate. Evans devoted considerable time and expense to the reconstruction of the most impressive feature of the civilization, the palace. The Palace of Minos at Knossos as restored by Evans is based on fragmentary evidence and has proven quite controversial. His writings include Cretan Pictographs and Prae-Phoenician Script (1895), The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult (1901), and The Palace of Minos (4 vol., 1921–35).

See biography by J. Evans (1943).

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Arthur Machen & Montgomery Evans: Letters of a Literary Friendship, 1923-1947
Book by Donald M. Hassler; Kent State University Press, 1994
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Authors, Welsh--20th Century--Correspondence, Evans, Montgomery--Correspondence, Machen, Arthur--1863-1947--Correspondence
...comment by Evans says "Alfred...has one." Arthur Machen as...Machen reads: "Sir, a slave...Gentry. Sir John dies and...pounds. Sir Philip, his...sincerely Arthur Machen...Montgomery Evans is from...Earp John. Let the...sincerely, Arthur Machen...Montgomery Evans Esq. c/o...
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The Treason and Trial of Sir John Perrot
Book by Roger Turvey; University of Wales Press, 2005
Subjects: Ireland--History--1558-1603, Judicial Error--Ireland--History--16th Century, Nobility--Wales--Biography, Perrot, John--Sir--Ca. 1527-1592, Perrot, John--Sir--Ca. 1527-1592--Trials, Litigation, Etc
...The Government of Ireland under Sir John Perrot, 1584-1588 (London, 1626...his biographer-son, 8 P. C. C. Evans, Sir John Perrot (unpublished MA thesis, University...fortunes and, as it were, the fall of Sir John Perrott saying Alas what is ment...
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Anglo-Chinese Diplomacy in the Careers of Sir John Jordan and Yuan Shih-k'ai
Book by Kit-Ching Chan-Lau; Hong Kong University Press, 1978
Subjects: China--Foreign Relations--1912-1949, China--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, China--Foreign Relations--To 1912, China--Politics And Government--1900-1949, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1901-1910, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1910-1936, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--China, Jordan, John Newell--Sir--1852-
...between him and Sir John Newell Jordan...Dairen and Port Arthur; and Japan in...period was Sir John Newell Jordan...Jordan succeeded Sir Ernest Satow...prime minister, Arthur James Balfour...representative: Sir John Jordan, the...
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Sir John Norreys and the Elizabethan Military World
Book by John S. Nolan; University of Exeter Press, 1997
Subjects: Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography, Elizabeth--I--Queen Of England--1533-1603--Military Leadership, Great Britain--History, Military--1485-1603, Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Biography, Norris, John--Sir--1547?-1597, Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography
Sir John Norreys and the Elizabethan Military World...Hulton-Getty Picture Library, 042 701 87) Sir John Norreys and the Elizabethan Military World...rebuilt by Sir Thomas Norreys and site of Sir John Norreyss death 238 Maps 1 The Low Countries...
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The Life and Activities of Sir John Hawkins: Musician, Magistrate, and Friend of Johnson
Book by Percy A. Scholes; Oxford University Press, 1953
Subjects: Hawkins, John--Sir--1719-1789
...cry, God bless you, Sir ! And lay their rammers...1 John Nichols, in his...the Rev. Dr. Abel Evans 1679- 1737 . The...Cumberland and of Sir John Cope. And then comes...so taken in again, Sir John and Lady Hawkins...
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The Battle of Bosworth Field: A Welsh Victory? Robin Evans Puts Henry Tudor's Victory into Welsh Historical Perspective
Journal article by Robin Evans; History Review, 2002
Subjects: Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, Henry VII, King of England--Political activity, Welsh--Political activity
...against him, but was quickly dealt with by Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Having secured himself...after Edward IVs death. Henry made his son Arthur Prince of Wales on 29 November 1489 and...When was Wales? (Reading, 1985) Robin Evans is Head of Humanities at Ysgol Uwchradd...
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Words Made of Breath: Gender and Vocal Agency in King John
Journal article by Gina Bloom; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005
Subjects: King John (Shakespeare, William) (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Oaths--Portrayals, Oral communication--Physiological aspects, Oral communication--Political aspects, Oral communication--Psychological aspects, Theater production--Management, Theater--Management, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical actors--Management, Theatrical production--Management
...heard Constance, Eleanor, and Arthurs powerful utterances--boy actors...thematic employment of breath, King John reminds its actors and the audience...Shakespeare, ed. G. Blakemore Evans, 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin...Body of Man (London, 1611) and Sir Francis Bacon, Silva Sylvarum...
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Shows in the Showstone: A Theater of Alchemy and Apocalypse in the Angel Conversations of John Dee (1527-1608/9)
Journal article by Deborah E. Harkness; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Dee, John--Philosophy, Occultism--History, Philosophers, Modern--Attitudes, Philosophy, Renaissance--Analysis
...While R.J.W. Evans notes that...transcript of John Dees Actions...Edward Kelly, Arthur Dee, and Bartholomew...recommended to Dee by Sir Christopher...1978. -----. John Dees Actions...DC, 1990. Evans, R.J.W. Rudolf...Lovejoy, Arthur O. The Great...Marshall, John. "The manner...
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"That Moste Barbarous Nacion" John Derricke's Image of Ireland and the "Delight of the Well Disposed Reader"
Journal article by James A. Knapp; Criticism, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Derricke, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature--16th century, Image of Ireland with a Discouverie of Woodkarne (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ireland--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature and history--Analysis, Spenser, Edmund--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--History, 1558-1603 (Elizabethan era)
...ed. revised, augmented, and arranged by Sir Walter Scott, 13 vols. London: T. Cadell...poetry. More recently, in the entry for John Derricke in the new Oxford Companion to...Riverside Shakespeare, ed. G. Blakemore Evans with the assistance of J. J. M. Tobin...
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Speaking for the Dead: King Charles, Anna Weamys, and the Commemorations of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia
Journal article by Elizabeth A. Spiller; Criticism, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Arcadia (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Charles I, King of England--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature and history--United Kingdom, Religion and drama--Analysis, Romance drama--17th century, Sidney, Philip--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--17th century, Weamys, Anna--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Arcadia, ed. Maurice Evans (New York: Penguin...Dominic Baker-Smith, and Arthur E Kinney, eds., Sir Philip Sidney: 1586...Rites, 72-80. (29.) John Milton, Complete Poems...later versions of John Stows Annales of England...Smith and Kinney, Sir Philip Sidney: 1586...
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Restoring Faith: At the End of the 19th Century, with Religious Belief under Increasing Attack, the British Antiquarian Arthur Evans Sought to 'Re-Enchant' the World with His Utopian Interpretation of Crete's Ancient Minoan Civilisation
Magazine article by Cathy Gere; History Today, Vol. 59, July 2009
Subjects: Antiquarians--Works, Evans, Arthur John, Sir--Works, Minoan civilization, 3000-1450 BC--Evaluation, Minoans--Evaluation
...Attack, the British Antiquarian Arthur Evans Sought to Re-Enchant the World...the eccentric British antiquarian Arthur Evans, whose excavation and reconstruction...began in 1900 when he was 49. For Evans archaeology was always as much...
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Arthur Evans Begins to Dig in Crete
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 50, March 2000
Subjects: Archaeologists--Discovery, exploration, etc., Crete--Discovery, exploration, etc., Evans, Arthur John--Discovery, exploration, etc.
...little fellow, only 5ft 2in tall, Arthur John Evans had the advantages of a substantial...the academic world. His father Sir John Evans was an eminent authority on British...discoveries at Troy and Mycenae and by Arthur Milchhofers suggestion that Crete...
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A Brothers' Reunion: Evolution's Champion Alfred Russel Wallace and Forty-Niner John Wallace
Magazine article by Salvatore John Manna; California History, Vol. 85, September 2008
Subjects: Naturalists--Biography, Surveyors--Biography, Wallace, Alfred Russel--Biography, Wallace, John--Biography
...life, in fact, has provided the model for characters penned by numerous novelists, from Conrad and Somerset Maugham to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and A. S. Byatt. Much of the hero worship has derived from Wallaces 1869 book, The Malay Archipelago. A chronicle...
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Letter from Crete
Magazine article by James Allen Evans; Contemporary Review, Vol. 274, March 1999
Subjects: Crete--Description and travel, Greece--Description and travel
...who was shot dead. Captain John Pendlebury, 36, had been...Pendlebury was the disciple of Sir Arthur Evans who discovered the prehistoric...exposed to the weather, Evans was determined to preserve...Professor James Allan Evans is currently Whitehead Visiting...
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Antarctica: Whose Continent Is It Anyway?
Magazine article by Daniel Grotta, Sally Grotta, Arthur Fisher; Popular Science, Vol. 240, January 1992
Subjects: Antarctica, Environmental protection, Geographic profiles, Treaties
...year-round five-person "world park base" near Scotts shack at Cape Evans. The stations leader, Keith Swenson, who once was a diesel...potential at the time of the Treaty signing, says geologist John Splettstoesser, co-editor of Mineral Resources Potential of...
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1000 Years. 1000 People; IT'S THE ULTIMATE AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LIST OF THE MILLENNIUM: 1000 PEOPLE WHO, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, HAVE CHANGED HISTORY IN THE PAST 1000 YEARS. IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, BUT OF ALL THE CONTENDERS, WE FINALLY PUT THE DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN, SCOTSMAN SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, ON TOP .. BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM SO MANY OF US WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TO GREET THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 1, 2000
...boxing champion 988. Mike Tyson, US boxer 989. John Bull, printing press pioneer 990. Oskar Schindler...Bertrand Russell, Mathematician and philosopher 999. Sir Arthur Evans, British achaeologist 1000. Ulysses Grant, US president...
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The 800; A Birthday Celebration of 800 People Who Put Liverpool on the Map
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 28, 2007
Subjects: Commonwealth games--Management, Coronation Street (Television program), Lennon, John--Achievements and awards, Manchester United--Management, McCartney, Paul--Achievements and awards, UEFA Cup (Soccer)--Management, United Kingdom. Royal Army Medical Corps--Management
...Castle himself. Arthur Dooley (1929-94...winning the Sir Henry Cotton...Lou Reed, John Mayall and...1967. Greg Evans (1952-), boxer...Potter in Please Sir! H John Hamilton (1922-2006...his father John was a cow keeper...people such as Arthur Askey, but...
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Scandal That Changed the Britain; Co-stars: Gielgud with Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli 1953, the Year of the Queen's to Suffer. Even after Oscar
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 20, 2008
...DudleyMoores butler in Arthur. Sir John Gielgud was also the greatest...Alec Guinness, Dame Edith Evans andRichard Burton thought...editions of the newspaper. Sir John Gielgud fined, the headline...The panel, chaired by Sir John Wolfenden (vice chancellor...
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Unhinged Double Act; Gentle Humour: Logan (Left) as Hinge and Fyffe as Bracket
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 20, 2008
...the marriage of Jane, daughter and heiress of Eyton Evans, Esquire, with Sir John Wynn (1628 to 1719), 5th Baronet and MP for Merionethshire...Spiritualists refer to this as going to the Summerlands. Arthur Wright, Boston, Lincs. QUESTION Why are there so...
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Hoddinott's Legacy of Music Will Live on in the World; Composer Alun Hoddinott, Who Died This Week, Was an International Ambassador for Welshmusic. Robin Stowell Pays Tribute to His Career and Enduring Legacy
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 15, 2008
Subjects: Cardiff University, Composers--Appreciation, School construction
...quickly, assisted by studies with Arthur Benjamin. National success had come...Peyer and the Halle Orchestra, under Sir John Barbirolli. Appointed lecturer in...Jones, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Geraint Evans, Osian Ellis and Mstislav Rostropovich...
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Evans, Sir Arthur John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EVANS, SIR ARTHUR JOHN 1851 1941, English archaeologist. He...still considered essentially accurate. Evans devoted considerable time and expense to...Palace of Minos at Knossos as restored by Evans is based on fragmentary evidence and has...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hoffmann Nicolaas Bloembergen Arthur Schawlow Kai M. Siegbahn Roger...Bergstrom Bengt I. Samuelsson John R. Vane Gabriel Garcia Marquez...B. Elion George H. Hitchings Sir James Black Naguib Mahfouz...Mario R. Capecchi Sir Martin J. Evans Oliver Smithies Doris Lessing...
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English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...English country life. Sir Walter Scott...Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) appeared during...thinkers included John Stuart Mill...the group were Arthur Symons , Ernest...S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan were perhaps...renaissance ). John Millington Synge...
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Drama, Western
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...realistic and symbolic dramas of Arthur Miller , Tennessee Williams...brilliantly abusive language of John Osborne s Look Back in Anger...David Storey s Home (1971), Sir Alan Ayckbourn s Norman Conquests...Theater (2 vol., 1983); J. Roose-Evans, Experimental Theater (1984...
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Photography, Still
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Farm Security Administration (FSA) began to make an archive of images of America during this epoch of crisis. Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and Dorothea Lange of the FSA group photographed the cultural disintegration generated by the...


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