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Person
Evans, J. Howell (John Howell), 1871-
1871-1962
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.