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I am on the hunt for refs. Given his obit in the
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It seems obvious that the article was started by someone closely connected with Evans, probably a family member, as it's very badly written. Annoying to see that some of the corrections I made have since been reverted. I've added some references - they are not great, but it does sound like he had a
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