William Evans (cardiologist)
William Evans F.R.C.P.(Lond.), Hon. D.Sc.(Wales) (24 November 1895 – 20 September 1988) was a distinguished
Early life
Evans was born in a Welsh farmhouse, 'Tyndomen', near
Medical career
After leaving France in September 1919, William Evans studied for
Evans became an international authority and lecturer on diseases of the heart during his long career, from which he retired in 1967. He published several books and a large number of papers (an exhaustive list of which is appended to his autobiography).[2]: pp247-251
Private life
In 1940, at age 45, Dr Evans married Christina Downie (then aged 56). There were no children and Christina died in 1964. In retirement, he ultimately settled at Bryndomen, near Tregaron, and overlooking the Domen (burial mound) close to the Teifi River, where he was known as "Wil Blocks" because of a substantial concrete-block wall around his residence.[5] He died on 20 September 1988, aged 92, at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest.
Bibliography
- A Student's Handbook of Clinical Electrocardiology Lewis, London 1934
- Cardiology Butterworth, London 1948
- Cardioscopy Butterworth, London 1952
- Cardiography Butterworth, London 1954
- Disease of the Heart and Arteries Livingstone, London 1964
- Diary of a Welsh Swagman Macmillan, Melbourne 1975, reprinted by Sun Books 1977–99
See also
List of Welsh medical pioneers
References
- ^ Evans W. Diary of a Welsh Swagman Macmillan, Melbourne, 1975 (Reprinted by Sun Books, 1977- )
- ^ a b c d e Evans W Journey to Harley Street David Rendel, London (1968)
- ^ University of London Graduates, 1836-1930, p. 656. Downloadable here
- ^ London Gazette, p.126, 13 March 1959
- ^ Mentioned in an unpublished biographical monograph by Elisabeth Evans (a first cousin at one remove), held by her elder sister, the late Mair Owen, whose papers are in the National Library of Wales. "When WE retired, he kept himself very busy and built a concrete block wall surrounding his bungalow. When a prominent doctor in London rented a summer house at Llanddewi Brefi he was rather amused to hear that the locals at Llanddewi would refer to the two brothers as 'Joe Concrete and Wil Blocks'!"
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