J.H. Evans, an Oxford-trained physician, was a British surgeon specializing in cancer. He knew William Osler, who encouraged his collecting of prints and inspired his early interest in the history of medicine. Evans gathered a collection of medical engravings.

Sir John Evans was born on November 17, 1823, in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England.

He was an English archeologist, geologist, and paper manufacturer. In 1840, he became head of the paper-manufacturing business of John Dickinson & Co. Ltd at Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, but was especially distinguished as an antiquary, archeologist, and numismatist. He was president of several societies and institutions, e.g., The Society of Antiquaries (1885-1892), The Royal Numismatic Society (1874-1908), The Geological Society of London (1874-1876), and The British Association for the Advancement of Science (1897-1898). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864 and for twenty years (1878–1898) he was treasurer of the Royal Society. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1881. He received honorary degrees from several universities, and he was a corresponding member of the Institut de France. He was created a Knight of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1892. He was the author of the books “The Coins of the Ancient Britons” (1864), “The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain” (1872), and “The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland” (1881).

In 1850, he married Harriet Ann Dickinson (-1858) and after her death, he remarried Frances Phelps (1826–1890). In 1892, he remarried Maria Millington Lathbury (1856–1944). He died on May 31, 1908, in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.

Thomas Frye Lewis Evans was born on December 19, 1845, in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario.

He was a Canadian Anglican priest. He was educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto (B.A., 1866; M.A., 1871). He was ordained deacon in 1869 and priest in 1870. He was a missionary at Norwich, Ontario (1869-1871), then Curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal (1871-1874) where he was made an honourable canon in 1873. He also became a Rector of St. Stephen’s Church, Lachine (1874-1902), Archdeacon of Montreal (1886-1902), and Dean of Montreal in 1902. He was also a governor of the Robert Jones Convalescent Hospital. He received the degree of D.C.L. from his Alma Mater in 1894.

In 1873, he married Maria Stewart Bethune (1840–1903) and in 1908, he remarried Emily Elizabeth Bethune (1865-1946). He died on October 4, 1920, in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec.