Griffith Evans | |
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| Born | 7 August 1835 Ty-mawr, Towyn, Wales, UK |
| Died | 7 December 1935 (aged 100) Bangor |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Veterinary College McGill University |
| Known for | Discovery of Trypanosoma evansi |
| Spouse | Catherine Mary |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Awards | Mary Kingsley medal (1917) John Steel Medal (1918) Hunterian medal (1932) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology Veterinary parasitology |
| Institutions | Royal Artillery |
Griffith Evans (7 August 1835 – 7 December 1935) was a Welsh physician and veterinary pathologist who was the first to determine that a trypanosome parasite was responsible for surra disease in horses while serving in British India. Described as "the man who first saw a pathogenic trypanosome", he identified the causal organism as a haematozoon (blood parasite) in 1880 which was given the species name Trypanosoma evansi after him.[1]