Emyr Estyn Evans (1905-1989),often referred to simply as E. E. Evans, was a Northern Irish geographer and archaeologist, whose primary field of interest was the Irish neolithic.[1] He was one of the foremost academics of his generation and reveived many awards, including the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1973), the merit award of the Association of American Geographers (1979), and honorary doctorates from University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, NUI, Queen's University Belfast and Bowdoin College in Maine.[2]