James Allan Stewart Evans

James Allan Stewart Evans (March 24, 1931 – November 15, 2023) was a Canadian historian and professor emeritus of classical Near Eastern and religious studies.

James Allan Stewart Evans
Born	(1931-03-24)March 24, 1931 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 15, 2023 (aged 92) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	J.A.S. Evans
Alma mater	Victoria College, Toronto, B.A., 1952; Yale University, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1957; also attended American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1954-55.
Occupation(s)	historian and academic emeritus
Notable work	Economic History of an Egyptian Temple in Greco-Roman Egypt, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1961. Procopius, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1972. Polis and Imperium: Studies in Honour of Edward Togo Salmon, Hakkert (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1974. Herodotus, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1982. Herodotus, Explorer of the Past: Three Essays, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1991. The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Routledge (New York, NY), 1996. The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2002. The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005. Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2008.
Spouse(s)	Eleanor Lynn Ward, June 16, 1964;
Children	3
Parents	David Arthur, a farmer (father) Isabella Jane Evans (mother)

Biography

• From 1955 to 1960 he was assistant professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario and Waterloo College, London.
• From 1960 to 1961 he was Visiting special lecturer in Classics at the University of Toronto.
• From 1961 to 1962 he was assistant professor of classics at the University of Texas at Austin.
• From 1962 to 1971 he was professor of history at the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• From 1972 to 1995 he was professor of classics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and became professor emeritus.^[1]
• From 1992 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.^[2]
• From 1998 he was visiting faculty, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia^[3]
• From 1997 he was visiting professor of history, University of Washington, Seattle^[4]
• From 1998 to 1999 he was Whitehead Visiting Professor, American School of Classical Studies, Athens^[5]
• Evans died in November 15, 2023, at the age of 92.^[6]
• Blog of published work at Allan Evans at Sidney British Columbia

References

1. "Evans, James Allan 1931–2023 | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
2. "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
3. "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
4. "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
5. "James Allan Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |".
6. "James Evans". Vancouver Sun. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.