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Arthur Evans

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Sir Arthur Evans
Born	8 July 1851 Nash Mills, Hertfordshire
Died	11 July 1941 (aged 90) Youlbury, Oxfordshire
Nationality	British
Fields	Archaeology, museum management, journalism, statesmanship, philanthropy
Institutions	Ashmolean Museum
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Known for	Excavations at Knossos; developing the concept of Minoan civilization
Influences	John Evans Heinrich Schliemann Edward Augustus Freeman William Gladstone
Influenced	V. Gordon Childe; all archaeologists and historians of the ancient Aegean region
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Society,[1]knighted 1911

Sir Arthur John Evans FRS^[1] FREng^[2] (/ˈɛvənz/; 8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was an English archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. Evans continued Heinrich Schliemann's concept of a Mycenaean civilization, but found that he needed to distinguish another civilization, the Minoan, from the structures and artifacts found there and throughout the eastern Mediterranean.^[3] Evans was also the first to define Cretan scripts Linear A and Linear B, as well as an earlier pictographic writing.

Although not a professional statesman or soldier, and probably never a paid agent of the government, he nevertheless negotiated or played a role in negotiating unofficially with foreign powers in the Balkans and Middle East. He was, on request of the revolutionary organizations of the peoples of the Balkans, a significant player in the formation of the nation of Yugoslavia.