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* ** +. N,«tI*. - - • f ^. ‘ ‘ »., . 4 'Joscrh Ex an*'of Newark, Nr every ‘ Grand-I never ose I'mthe old | z lady, Thingsis madequite a to have hen the md buy •ls quitelothing, but youade the r madequarter. ... the best part o? his life Mr. Evan# has been an interested student,,qX .th#• , ._!*■' f lt;L Mgeography of the sky. While h# payer*ny special training in astronomy Mr Evans always found time to appease his appetite for this science by devoting his leisure momenta to the study of it. During the last few weeks Mr. Evans has been in correspondence with Mary Proo-tor about the present visit of Hailey's comet. Mr. Evans said that he attended many of ihe lectures given by Mary Proctor’s father. At the time of the visit of Donatl s comet in 1858. when Mr. Evans was living in California, he wrote to thsnewspapers regarding his observations,believing that he was one of the first persons to detect the presence of the comet.Evans was born in Birmingham, England, and came to this country when was 4 years old. His father was a Welshman. He has written several newspaper articles on astronomy, and he wrote the incidents of his life, extracts of which have been published in newspapers from to time. He served all through thetimetran War with Stevenson’s CaliforniaIT v t H An
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Sun, May 15, 1910
Page 42
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