Geoffrey Evans

Sir Geoffrey Evans CIE (1883–1963) was a botanist who was Economic Botanist and acting Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Early life Evans was born in Walmersley, near Bury, Lancashire, England, on 26 June 1883. He was educated in Bury, and at Downing College, Cambridge, where he received a Diploma in Agriculture in 1905.

Career

After working at the Agricultural Department of the University of Cambridge, and worked from there in Australia, Fiji and New Guinea. and Chairman of the Commission for Settlement in British Guiana and British Honduras. where he was Economic Botanist (1938–1954) and, from 1941 to 1943, acting Director. He can be seen in the short colour film World Garden by cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth in 1942.

Death and legacy He died at Mayfield, Sussex, on 16 August 1963.