George Ewart Evans
George Ewart Evans | |
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| Born | 1 April 1909 |
| Died | 11 January 1988 (aged 78) |
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| Spouse | Ellen Florence Knappett |
| Children | Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting |
George Ewart Evans (1 April 1909 – 11 January 1988) was a Welsh folklorist also known as a schoolteacher, writer, editor and sportsman.
Writing in both English and Welsh and known as a frequent broadcaster and lecturer, Evans was also a professional athlete and branch secretary of the Cambridge Communist Party. A dedicated collector of oral history and oral tradition in the East Anglian countryside from the 1940s to 1970s, Evans produced eleven books of collections of these materials.