Thomas W. Evans
Thomas W. Evans | |
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Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur . |
Thomas Wiltberger Evans (December 23, 1823 – November 14, 1897) was an American dentist. He performed dental procedures on many heads of state, including
In 1868, Evans helped found the American Register, the first American newspaper published in Paris.[5] In 1884 he published the first English translation of the memoirs of Heinrich Heine, to which he also wrote the introduction.[3] He also was active in the arts; helping to launch the career of famous American sculptor Cyrus Dallin commissioning one of his first equestrian sculptures, The Marquis de Lafayette in 1889. The statue was prominently displayed at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.[6]
He was famous for having assisted the
He died in Paris,
References
- ^ a b The New York Times
- ^ The New York Times: "The doctor had every kind of decoration...the orders he received number over 200."
- ^ a b c d Johnson
- ISBN 978-1495330575.
- ^ Hamon
- ^ Francis, Rell (1976). Cyrus E. Dallin Let Justice Be Done. Cyrus Dallin Art Museum Archives: Springville Museum of Art. p. 27.
- ^ The New York Times: "Dr. Evans was best known for his rescue of the Empress Eugénie..."
- Hamon, Count Louis (1905), "The Oldest English Newspaper in Paris", in Ingram, William H. (ed.), Who's who in Paris Anglo-American colony: a biographical dictionary of the leading members of the Anglo-American colony of Paris, 1905, The American Register, p. 121, retrieved June 12, 2009
- "Dr. Thomas W. Evans Dead", The New York Times, New York, NY, p. 7, November 16, 1897, retrieved June 12, 2009
- Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904), "Thomas William Evans", The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. 4, Boston, Massachusetts: The Biographical Society, retrieved June 12, 2009
- Hughes, Samuel (November–December 1999), "Crowns and Confidences", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archivedfrom the original on June 5, 2010, retrieved April 15, 2013
- ISBN 978-1-4165-7176-6
External links
- Finding aid to the Thomas W. Evans papers at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- PFA International Hall of Fame of Dentistry
