James Allan Stewart Evans

James Allan Stewart Evans
James Allan Stewart Evans
Born	March 24, 1931; Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 15, 2023 (aged 92); Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	J.A.S. Evans
Alma mater	Victoria College, Toronto, B.A., 1952; Yale University, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1957; also attended American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1954-55.
Occupation(s)	historian and academic emeritus
Notable work	Economic History of an Egyptian Temple in Greco-Roman Egypt, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1961.; Procopius, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1972.; Polis and Imperium: Studies in Honour of Edward Togo Salmon, Hakkert (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1974.; Herodotus, Twayne (Boston, MA), 1982.; Herodotus, Explorer of the Past: Three Essays, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1991.; The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Routledge (New York, NY), 1996.; The Empress Theodora: Partner of Justinian, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2002.; The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005.; Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2008.;
Spouse(s)	Eleanor Lynn Ward, June 16, 1964;
Children	James Arthur Laird, Cecily Eleanor, Andrew Lindsay.
Parents	David Arthur, a farmer (father); Isabella Jane Evans (mother);

James Allan Stewart Evans (March 24, 1931 – November 15, 2023) was a Canadian historian and professor emeritus of classical Near Eastern and religious studies.

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