Thom's Irish Who's Who/Evans, Rev. Henry

EVANS, Rev. Henry, D.D., M.R.I.A.; Commissioner of National Education in Ireland, 1890 to 1920; late Member of the Board of Technical Instruction; was Examiner for Board of Intermediate Education for many years; Departmental Commissioner of Income Tax for National Board; represented the Commissioners of National Education at International Congresses connected with Education; was Representative of Board of National Education at the British Association, Dublin 1908, and was Vice-President of Education Section; was a Member of the Commission on Manual and Practical Instruction, 1897; Member of Advisory Committee of Standard Dictionary. Pubns.: articles in quarterly reviews, magazines, weeklies, etc.: editions of books for primary and secondary schools. Wrote the articles on The English Versions of the Bible; on Archaic, Obsolete, and Obscure Words in English Bible; and on Biblical Antiquities, Customs, etc., in Aids to Biblical Study for Students. Recns.: investigation of mathematical formulæ; horticulture. Res.: St. Helens, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.