John Evans (archaeologist)

This article is about the archaeologist born 1823. For the archaeologist born 1925, see John Davies Evans.

Sir John Evans
John Evans (archaeologist)
Born17 November 1823
Burnham, Buckinghamshire
Died31 May 1908 (1908-06-01) (aged 84)
Berkhamsted
NationalityEnglish
AwardsLyell Medal (1880)
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
Geology
Prehistory

Sir John Evans KCB FRS FSA FRAI (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English antiquarian, geologist and founder of prehistoric archaeology.

Between 1884 and 1908 he was curator of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, becoming the founding member of the British Academy in 1902 and professor of prehistoric archaeology at Oxford in 1909.

The John Evans collection, housed at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, comprises more than 12,000 objects, including a large proportion of British Palaeolithic stone tools.