Frederick William Evans (9 June 1808 – 6 March 1893) was a Shaker writer who served as an elder in the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society for many years. Evans was the younger brother of the land reformer George Henry Evans.[1]
Frederick William Evans | |
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| Born | 9 June 1808 |
| Died | 6 March 1893 |
| Occupation | Shaker writer |
Biography
editEvans was born in Leominster, England. His father settled in the United States in 1820, and apprenticed him to a hatter in New York. A diligent student in his leisure hours, Evans was attracted by the theories of Robert Dale Owen and Charles Fourier. After a brief return to Britain, he joined the Shaker community. He became the Presiding Elder in 1858.[2] He died in New Lebanon, New York.
Evans was a vegetarian for sixty years.[3]
Works
edit- Tests of Divine Revelation (1853)
- Compendium (1859)
- Ann Lee (The Founder of the Shakers): A Biography (1869)
- Shaker Communism (1871)
- Autobiography of a Shaker (1888)
References
edit- ^ Murray, John (April 1996). "Henry George and the Shakers: Evolution of Communal Attitudes Towards Land Ownership". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 55 (2): 245–256. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.1996.tb03205.x. JSTOR 3487086.
- ^ "Evans, Frederick William (1808-1893)". Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon. Retrieved 11 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Robinson, Charles Edson. A Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers. East Canterbury. p. 134
- W. Randall Waterman (1931). "Evans, Frederick William". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
Further reading
edit- Kolmer, Elizabeth (1999). "Evans, Frederick William". American National Biography (online ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800447. (subscription required)