Frederick William Evans
American Shaker leader & writer
About Frederick William Evans
Lived 1808 – 1893 (aged 84). Frederick William Evans was a writer, religious writer and religious leader.
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.
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. He died in New Lebanon, New York.
Evans was a vegetarian for sixty years.
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)
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American Shaker leader & writer
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Frederick William Evans was born on 9 June 1808 in Leominster.
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Frederick William Evans died on 6 March 1893 in New Lebanon, New York.
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Frederick William Evans was a writer, religious writer and religious leader.
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