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Evans, Oliver – Everall, John

Evans, Oliver

inventor, author, was born in 1755, in Newport, Del. He was a once famous inventor who constructed the first high-pressure steamengine; and the author of The Young Engineer's Guide; and Miller and Millwright's Guide. He died April 21, 1819, in New York city.

Evans, Percy Norton

educator, author, was born Sept. 6, 1869, in Montreal, Canada. Since 1895 he has been professor of chemistry in the Purdue university of Lafayette, Ind. He is the author of An Introductory Course in Quantitative Analysis; and has contributed to various scientific journals.

Evans, Robley D

naval officer, was born in Iowa. He had command of the flagship Iowa during the Spanish-American war of 1898.

Evans, Thomas

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1801.

Evans, Thomas

author, was born in 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Quaker controversialist of Philadelphia who was an active opponent of the doctrines of Thomas Hicks; and published an Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends. He died May 25, 1868.

Evans, Thomas Wiltberger

dentist, author, was born Dec. 23, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a famous dentist, resident in Paris since 1848, through whose aid the Empress Eugénie escaped from that city in 1870. He is the author of History of the American Ambulance in Paris during the Siege, 1870-71; Sanitary Institutions during the Austro-Prussian- Italian Conflict, 1868; Lettres sur le Gouvernement des Etats Unis; and La Commission Sanitaire des Etats Unis.

Evarts, Jeremiah

philanthropist, was born Feb. 3, 1781, in Sunderland, Vt.

He taught school; practiced law; and in 1820 edited the Missionary Herald. He wrote twenty-four essays on the Rights of Indians, which appeared under the signature of William Penn. He died May 10, 1831, in Charleston, S. C.

Eve, Maria Lou

author, poet, was born about 1848 near Augusta, Ga. In 1879 she wrote a prize poem entitled Conquered at Last, expressing gratitude for northern aid during the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878.

Eve, Paul Fitzsimmons

physician, surgeon, author, was born June 27, 1806, near Augusta, Ga. He was a distinguished surgeon of Nashville during the civil war, surgeon-general of the confederate army of Tennessee; and the author of Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery; One Hundred Cases of Lithotomy; and The Inhumanity of Capital Punishment by Hanging. He died Nov. 3, 1877, in Nashville, Tenn.

Eve, Robert Campbell

educator, physician, author, was born May 15, 1843, in Augusta, Ga. He became professor of materia medica and medical jurisprudence in the Georgia Medical college. He has written on the Influence of the Ovaria in Uterine Disorders; Epilepsy; and Tonic Properties of Mercury in Minute Doses.

Eveleigh, Nicholas

congressman.

He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1781 to 1782.

Everall, John

farmer, educator, state senator, was born April 20, 1839, in England. He is a successful farmer of Farmersburg, Iowa; and was county superintendent of schools for four years; county auditor for six years; and served with distinction as a member of the Iowa state senate for eight years.