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===[[name::John]] [[name::EVANS]] [[date of birth::1679;1680|1679/80]]-[[date of death::1730]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Wrexham]], son of [[family::John Evans]], nonconformist [[occupation::minister]]. He was educated at several dissenting academies before being ordained a presbyterian minister in 1702. He served briefly in Wrexham before moving to London in 1704 as an assistant to [[associates::Daniel Williams]]; he took over his Westminster congregation when he died in 1716. He published numerous sermons and is noted as a popular preacher; he was awarded a DD degree by [[education::Edinburgh University]] in 1728. In his later years he had financial troubles, following the loss of investments in the South Sea Bubble.

====Books====
Evans's ''ODNB'' entry notes his library of over 10,000 volumes, and his intentions (unfulfilled) to complete a history of nonconformity in Britain. His library was auctioned in London, beginning 17 December 1730.

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*Alston, R. C., ''Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800'', St Philip, 2010.
*''Bibliotheca rarissima: or, a catalogue of the library of ... Dr. John Evans'', [London, 1730].
*Vian, Alsager, and S. J. Skedd. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8962 "Evans, John (1679/80–1730), Presbyterian minister and historian."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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