Emrys Evans

Evans, from Clydach, Glamorgan, was educated at Ystalyfera County School,{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-EVAN-EMR-1891|title=EVANS , Sir DAVID EMRYS|author=Sir Thomas Parry|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 April 2017}} before going on to University College, Bangor, and then Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a B. Litt. degree. He taught at the secondary school in Pentre from 1918, before becoming assistant lecturer in classics at Bangor.

In 1921, he was appointed as the first professor of classics at Swansea University, and later succeeded Sir Henry Reichel as Principal of Bangor. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales and as deputy chairman of the Boundary Commission for Wales.

In the latter years of the Second World War he served as Chair of the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales), and also chaired the Schools Broadcasting Council (Wales). He was knighted in 1952 and became a freeman of Bangor on his retirement from the university in 1958. His published works included a translation of Plato's Republic from Greek into Welsh. He died in Bangor on 20 February 1966 at the age of 74.{{cite news|date=22 February 1966|work=The Times|page=12|title=Sir Emrys Evans}}

A hall of residence, Neuadd Emrys Evans was opened at Bangor University in 1966. It was demolished in 2008.

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Category:1891 births

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Category:Welsh classical scholars

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Category:Knights Bachelor

Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of Wales

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