Thomas W. Evans
Thomas Wiltberger Evans (December 23, 1823 – November 14, 1897) was a dentist. He performed dental procedures on many heads of state, including Napoleon III,[1] and received numerous medals for his dentistry,[2] including the Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur.[3] He is noted for popularizing a number of techniques that have since become standard, including the use of amalgam fillings and of nitrous oxide.
In 1868, Evans helped found the American Register, the first American newspaper published in Paris.[4] In 1884 he published the first English translation of the memoirs of Heinrich Heine, to which he also wrote the introduction.[3]
He was famous for having assisted the Empress Eugénie in escaping from Paris in 1870 after the Battle of Sedan.[3][5]
He died in Paris, where he had lived for many years, and was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia. In his will, he left money and land for the founding of what was to become the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
References
- ^ Times
- ^ Times: "The doctor had every kind of decoration...the orders he received number over 200."
- ^ a b c Johnson
- ^ Hamon
- ^ Times: "Dr. Evans was best known for his rescue of the Empress Eugénie..."
- Hamon, Count Louis (1905), "The Oldest English Newspaper in Paris", in Ingram, William H., Who's who in Paris Anglo-American colony, The American Register, p. 121, http://books.google.com/?id=kwloAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA121, retrieved 2009-06-12
- "Dr. Thomas W. Evans Dead", The New York Times (New York, NY): 7, November 16, 1897, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500E7D71330E333A25755C1A9679D94669ED7CF, retrieved 2009-06-12
- Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904), "Thomas William Evans", The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans, 4, Boston, Massachusetts: The Biographical Society, http://books.google.com/books?id=Q1IDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT25#PPT24,M1, retrieved 2009-06-12
- Hughes, Samuel (November/December 1999), Crowns and Confidences, , The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 98 (2), archived from the original on July 30, 2010, http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1199/hughes.html, retrieved 2009-06-16
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Persondata |
Name |
Evans, Thomas Wiltberger |
Alternative names |
|
Short description |
American dentist |
Date of birth |
1823-12-23 |
Place of birth |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Date of death |
1897-11-14 |
Place of death |
Paris, France |