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William Evans (22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), better known by his bardic name of Wil Ifan, was a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1947 to 1950. [ 1 ] He was the son of Dan Evans, a Congregationalist minister, and Mary (née Davies).
William Evans (watercolourist) (1798–1877), English watercolour painter born in Eton; William Evans (landscape painter) (1809–1858), William Evans of Bristol; William T. Evans (1843–1918), American art collector; William Evans (Wil Ifan) (1883–1968), Welsh poet and Archdruid; William John Evans (1866–1947), Welsh musician and composer
William Evans (1883–1968, Wales, p), pseudonym Wil Ifan Albert Evans-Jones (1895–1970, Wales, p/d), Bardic name Cynan Bernardine Evaristo (born 1959, England, f)
Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans, 1887–1917, W), poet and First World War victim Ellis Wynne (1671–1734, W), writer and cleric John Wynne (c. 1665/1667–1743, E), writer and bishop
On returning to Wales, Jenkins entrusted the diaries to his daughter Elinor (Nell), who stored them in the attic of her home, Tyndomen Farm, near Tregaron. They came to light some 70 years later when a great-granddaughter, Frances Evans, recovered and protected them, permitting her uncle, Dr William Evans to read and edit the contents.
Evans was born on 8 June 1801 in Shrewsbury. He inherited a taste for poetry and natural history from his father, John Evans M.D., a physician there and author of a poem in four books on bees (1806–13). His mother was Jane Wilson. A brother, Robert Wilson Evans, became the Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes married William "Billy" Evans secretly in 2019. The couple had their son, William, in 2021 and daughter, Invicta, in 2023.
Ellis Humphrey Evans ("Hedd Wyn"), poet, 30 (killed in action) [33] James Llewellyn Davies, VC recipient, 31 (killed in action) [34] 28 August – Dai Westacott, Wales international rugby union player, 35 (killed in action) [30] 20 November – Richard William Leslie Wain, VC recipient, 20 (killed in action) [35] 21 November – Rhys Jones Huws ...