James Allan Stewart Evans

James Allan Stewart Evans
Born(1931-03-24)March 24, 1931
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 15, 2023 (aged 92)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesJ.A.S. Evans
Alma materVictoria College, Toronto, B.A., 1952; Yale University, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1957; also attended American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1954-55.
Occupation(s)historian and academic emeritus
Notable work
  • Economic History of an Egyptian Temple in Greco-Roman Egypt, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1961.
  • Procopius, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1972.
  • Polis and Imperium: Studies in Honour of Edward Togo Salmon, Hakkert (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1974.
  • Herodotus, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1982.
  • Herodotus, Explorer of the Past: Three Essays, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1991.
  • The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Routledge (New York, NY), 1996.
  • The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2002.
  • The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005.
  • Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2008.
Spouse(s)Eleanor Lynn Ward, June 16, 1964;
ChildrenJames Arthur Laird, Cecily Eleanor, Andrew Lindsay.
Parents
  • David Arthur, a farmer (father)
  • Isabella Jane Evans (mother)

James Allan Stewart Evans (March 24, 1931 – November 15, 2023) was a Canadian historian and professor emeritus of classical Near Eastern and religious studies.

Biography

  • From 1955 to 1960 he was assistant professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario and Waterloo College, London.
  • From 1960 to 1961 he was Visiting special lecturer in Classics at the University of Toronto.
  • From 1961 to 1962 he was assistant professor of classics at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • From 1962 to 1971 he was professor of history at the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  • From 1972 to 1995 he was professor of classics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and became professor emeritus.[1]
  • From 1992 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[2]
  • From 1998 he was visiting faculty, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia[3]
  • From 1997 he was visiting professor of history, University of Washington, Seattle[4]
  • From 1998 to 1999 he was Whitehead Visiting Professor, American School of Classical Studies, Athens[5]
  • Evans died in November 15, 2023, at the age of 92.[6]
  • Blog of published work at Allan Evans at Sidney British Columbia

References

  1. ^ "Evans, James Allan 1931–2023 | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
  3. ^ "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
  4. ^ "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
  5. ^ "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
  6. ^ "James Evans". Vancouver Sun. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.


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