Frederick William Evans Explained

Frederick William Evans
Birth Date:	9 June 1808
Birth Place:	Leominster
Death Date:	6 March 1893
Death Place:	New Lebanon, New York
Occupation:	Shaker writer

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]

Biography

Evans 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

• 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

• Evans, Frederick William. 1931. W. Randall Waterman.

Further reading

• Evans, Frederick William . 0800447 . Elizabeth . Kolmer.

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1996.tb03205.x. 3487086. free.
2. Web site: Evans, Frederick William (1808-1893). Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon. 11 September 2020.
3. Robinson, Charles Edson. A Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers. East Canterbury. p. 134