George Ewart Evans
(1909-1988)

Died aged c. 79

George Ewart Evans (1 April 1909 – 11 January 1988) was a Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist who became a dedicated collector of oral history and oral tradition in the East Anglian countryside from the 1940s to 1970s, and produced eleven books of collections of these materials.

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George Ewart Evans author 1909-1988 lived here

111 High Street, Needham Market, United Kingdom where they lived

Er cof am, in memory of George Ewart Evans 1909-1988 writer

51-53 Glancynon Terrace, Abercynon, United Kingdom where they lived