Dr Samuel Evans Papers,

Biographical material relating to Dr Samuel Evans, including photocopies of archive material relating to him and published articles by him, [1968]-[1969]; biographical notes and correspondence on Evans, compiled by H. Guy Edwards, 1968-1969; typescript biography by Edwards, 1969; copy of E. Morgan Humphreys, Gwyr Enwog Gynt (Llandysul, 1950) with a chapter on Evans; and correspondence between Alec Wright and the University of Wales, 1973.

Samuel Evans (1859-1935) was an educational pioneer, and chairman of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, and attended Brookside School, Wrexham. From 1878 he worked as a journalist, and then, in 1883, became private secretary to Sir Edgar Vincent, advisor to the Egyptian Government. This ultimately resulted in him becoming the chief controller of the Egyptian Coast Guard Service, 1887, and then inspector-general of the Ottoman Bank, 1890. In 1897, he went to Johannesburg as Vincent's representative, and became a partner in Eckstein and Co., 1898, and chairman of the Crown Gold Mine, 1902. He contributed to the establishment of Witwatersrand University, and was made an honorary LL. D. of that university and the University of Wales. He wrote articles for Y Traethodydd and Llenor. In 1903 he married Katherine Manson and they had three children. He died in Johannesburg on 10 October 1935. H. Guy Edwards (fl. 1968-1969), of Sheffield, a second cousin of Samuel Evans, researched his life, accumulating copies of related material, and wrote a biography.

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Donated by the University of Wales per The Registrar, University of Wales Registry, Cathays Park, Cardiff, 1983.

Samuel Evans (1859-1935) was an educational pioneer, and chairman of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, and attended Brookside School, Wrexham. From 1878 he worked as a journalist, and then, in 1883, became private secretary to Sir Edgar Vincent, advisor to the Egyptian Government. This ultimately resulted in him becoming the chief controller of the Egyptian Coast Guard Service, 1887, and then inspector-general of the Ottoman Bank, 1890. In 1897, he went to Johannesburg as Vincent's representative, and became a partner in Eckstein and Co., 1898, and chairman of the Crown Gold Mine, 1902. He contributed to the establishment of Witwatersrand University, and was made an honorary LL. D. of that university and the University of Wales. He wrote articles for Y Traethodydd and Llenor. In 1903 he married Katherine Manson and they had three children. He died in Johannesburg on 10 October 1935. H. Guy Edwards (fl. 1968-1969), of Sheffield, a second cousin of Samuel Evans, researched his life, accumulating copies of related material, and wrote a biography.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1983, p. 16, at the National Library of Wales.

April 2003

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1983; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).

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The papers came into the possession of the University of Wales through Mr Alec Wright, Middlesborough, Teesside, who inherited them from H. Guy Edwards.

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Related photographs are National Library of Wales, Special Collections, PE 2682-2685.

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