Robert Evans (Master of Magdalene)

Robert Evans was a 16th century Welsh priest and academic.[1]

Evans was educated at both Oxford[2] and Cambridge universities;[3] and was the first Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1544 until 1546.[4] He held livings at Llantrisant (Anglesey), Llanengan, Terrington St John and Llanllechid; and was Dean of Bangor from 1534 until 1554, and again from 1557 until his death in 1570.

References
  1. Williams, Griffith John. "Dafydd Daron". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891–1892). "Evan, Robert". Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co. – via British History Online.
  3. "Evans, Robert (EVNS544R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Cunich, Hoyle, Duffy and Hyam (1994). A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Magdalene College Publications ISBN 0952307308


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