David Ellis Evans FBA (23 September 1930 – 26 September 2013) was a Welsh scholar and academic. Having lectured at the University of Wales, Swansea, he returned to his alma mater the University of Oxford, serving as Jesus Professor of Celtic from 1978 until he retired in 1996.
D. Ellis Evans | |
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| Born | David Ellis Evans 23 September 1930 Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Died | 26 September 2013 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Title | Jesus Professor of Celtic (1978–1996) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Celtic studies |
| Institutions | University of Wales, Swansea Jesus College, Oxford Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford |
Early life and education
editEvans was born on 23 September 1930 in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, Wales.[1] He was educated at Llandeilo Grammar School.[2] After studying at Jesus College, Oxford and he received a doctorate from the University of Oxford.[3]
Academic career
editEvans lectured at the University of Wales, Swansea from 1957 to 1978, rising to become a professor. In 1978, he returned to Oxford University as Jesus Professor of Celtic and also became a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983, having delivered the Academy's Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture in 1977, named in honour of the first Oxford Celtic Professor. He retired in 1996.
His particular research interest was early Celtic culture throughout Europe, dealing with its relationship with that of the classical world, and in the history of the Insular Celtic languages, including the early literatures of Wales and Ireland.[1] A volume of essays on these topics by fellow Celticists was published in 1995 in honour of his 65th birthday; Essays in honour of Professor D. Ellis Evans on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday.[4]
Selected works
edit- Evans, D. Ellis (1967). Gaulish personal names: a study of some Continental Celtic formations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198119302.
References
edit- ^ a b Stephens, Meic (3 November 2013). "Obituary: Professor D Ellis Evans; Acclaimed scholar of Celtic". The Independent. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Tribute to former Professor of Welsh D. Ellis Evans". Swansea University. 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Meic Stephens (3 November 2013). "Obituary: Professor D Ellis Evans - Obituaries - News". The Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Essays in honour of Professor D. Ellis Evans on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday (University of Wales Press website) (Retrieved 18 February 2007 Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine)
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