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    Sir Arthur John Evans FRS FBA FREng (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze...
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  • Arthur Evans (1851–1941) was an English archaeologist. Arthur Evans may also refer to: Arthur "Slim" Evans (1890–1944), Canadian trade unionist leader...
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  • Arthur Reginald Evans, DSC (14 May 1905 – 31 January 1989) was an Australian coastwatcher in the Pacific Ocean theatre in World War II. He is chiefly...
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  • Arthur Wade Wade-Evans (born Arthur Wade Evans) (31 August 1875 – 4 January 1964) was a Welsh clergyman and historian. Evans was born in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire...
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  • Arthur Scott Evans (October 12, 1942 – September 11, 2011) was an early gay rights advocate and author, best known for his 1978 book Witchcraft and the...
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    The site was first excavated by Minos Kalokairinos in 1877. In 1900, Arthur Evans undertook more extensive excavations which unearthed most of the palace...
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    Arthur Walter Evans VC, DCM (alias "Walter Simpson") (8 April 1891 – 1 November 1936) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award...
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  • Arthur is a 1981 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire...
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  • Arthur Charles Evans CBE (21 March 1916 – 18 March 2011) was best known as the author of Sojourn in Silesia: 1940 – 1945, in which he recounts his experiences...
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    (1983). Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos (Ashmolean Museum: illustrated ed.). Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. pp. 15–30. ISBN 9780900090929. Evans, Arthur J....
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    century through archaeological excavation. The term "Minoan" was coined by Arthur Evans, who excavated at Knossos and recognized it as culturally distinct from...
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    Arthur Herbert "Slim" Evans (April 24, 1890 – February 13, 1944) was a leader in the industrial labor union movement in Canada and the United States....
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    palace complex found there partially restored under the direction of Arthur Evans in the earliest years of the 20th century. The palace complex is the...
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    Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. Archeologist Sir Arthur Evans used King Minos as the namesake for the Minoan civilization of Crete...
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  • Arthur Evans (21 February 1920 – 10 March 2009) was a Quaker physician and a devotee of Prem Rawat who was imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with the...
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    Surgeons of England Arthur Delaporte (born 1991), French politician Sir Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941), British...
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    Mackenzie (17 May 1861 – 1934) was a Scottish archaeologist who assisted Arthur Evans in his excavations of the Minoan palace at Knossos. Duncan MacKenzie...
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  • Henry Arthur Evans (24 September 1898 – 25 September 1958), known as Arthur Evans, was a British politician. He contested the 1922 London County Council...
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  • Great War: A Guide to Memoirs. Maryland: Scarcrow Press. p. 347. Snell, Arthur Evans (1924). The C.A.M.C: With the Canadian Corps During the Last Hundred...
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    the English archaeologist Arthur Evans greatly expanded knowledge and awareness of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization, but Evans has subsequently been criticised...
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    Arthur Evans (12 July 1871 – 26 March 1950) was an Australian cricketer. He played eighteen first-class matches for South Australia between 1895 and 1904...
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    common in Minoan art, one of a number depicting the handling of bulls. Arthur Evans, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, owner of the palace and director of...
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    baths, or as part of an initiation ritual. The term was coined by Sir Arthur Evans, who hypothesized that they were used for lustration. Lustral basins...
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    figurines, at least one of which may represent "priestesses", which was Sir Arthur Evans' original thought. Many fundamental questions about Minoan religious...
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  • Arthur Evans (born August 22, 1947) is an American rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He graduated from Harvard University...
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    was discovered by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900. No texts in Linear A have yet been deciphered. Evans named the script "Linear" because its...
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    born on September 13, 1904 in Patten, Maine to British parents, Sir Arthur Evans Clare, a "noted Shakespearean actor", and his wife, Lady Alice. Another...
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  • Arthur W. Evans (born 1868) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. Evans was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Stoke...
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    Arthur Humble Evans FRSE (23 February 1855 – 28 March 1943) was a British ornithologist. He was born in Scremerston on the Northumberland coast on 23...
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    architecture. Sir Arthur Evans, who was appointed keeper in 1884 and retired in 1908, is largely responsible for the current museum. Evans found that the...
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