Sir John Evans

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Sir John Evans: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		May 27, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 01, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 13, 2023
	Invalidated site: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Biography of Sir John William Evans.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 09, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998