James Allan Stewart Evans

James Allan Stewart Evans (Allan)
Born	(1931-03-24)March 24, 1931 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 15, 2023(2023-11-15) (aged 92) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Resting place	Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	J.A.S. Evans
Education	B. A. University of Toronto PhD, Yale University
Alma mater	Victoria College, Toronto, B.A., 1952; Yale University, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1957; also attended American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1954-55.
Occupation(s)	Historian and Academic Emeritus
Notable work	Economic History of an Egyptian Temple in Greco-Roman Egypt, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1961. Procopius, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1972. Polis and Imperium: Studies in Honour of Edward Togo Salmon, Hakkert (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1974. Herodotus, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1982. Herodotus, Explorer of the Past: Three Essays, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1991. The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Routledge (New York, NY), 1996. The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2002. The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005. Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2008.
Spouse(s)	Eleanor Lynn Ward, June 16, 1964;
Children	James Arthur Laird, Cecily Eleanor, Andrew Lindsay.
Parents	David Arthur, a farmer (father) Isabella Jane Evans (mother)
Website	jaevansblog.blogspot.com

James Allan Stewart Evans (Allan) (March 24, 1931 – November 15, 2023), professor emeritus, University of British Columbia. The son of a farmer, he grew up in Puslinch Township in Ontario. He graduated from Guelph Collegiate Institute in 1948, then went on to Victoria College, University of Toronto, with four major scholarships. From there he went on to Yale University and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece for further graduate work.

His first teaching post was Waterloo College, then University of Texas and after that McMaster University. During this time he collaborated in founding the first ancient history doctoral program in a Canadian history department. From McMaster he moved to the University of British Columbia where he served as professor of classics and head of department until his retirement.

During his career he conducted research in a variety of areas and published numerous books and scholarly articles. The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Herodotus, Procopius, to name a few.

After retiring in 1996, he served as visiting professor at the University of Washington, Simon Fraser University then was appointed Whitehead Professor at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens Greece.

Biography

• From 1955 to 1960 he was assistant professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario and Waterloo College, London.
• From 1960 to 1961 he was Visiting special lecturer in Classics at the University of Toronto.
• From 1961 to 1962 he was assistant professor of classics at the University of Texas at Austin.
• From 1962 to 1971 he was professor of history at the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• From 1972 to 1995 he was professor of classics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and became professor emeritus.
• From 1992 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
• From 1998 he was visiting faculty, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
• From 1997 he was visiting professor of history, University of Washington, Seattle
• From 1998 to 1999 he was Whitehead Visiting Professor, American School of Classical Studies, Athens