Rev. Robert Evans papers, ca. 1980-1989, and diaries of O. D. Evans, 1924-1969

MLMSS 8455

fonds

ca. 1980-1989, 1924-1969

411450

0.66 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Rev. Robert Owen Evans (b. 1937), minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and amateur astronomer, holds the all-time record for visual discoveries of supernovae. Evans was born in Sydney, and graduated from the University of Sydney. He majored in philosophy and modern history.

From a religious family, was ordained a Methodist minister by the New South Wales Conference in 1967. He served as a circuit minister until his retirement in 1998.

His father, Obed David Evans (1889-1975), was a botanist at the National Herbarium of New South Wales from 1959.

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Compiled from the collection

Collection of astronomical observation records and related articles, reports and correspondence compiled by The Rev. Robert Owen Evans, ca. 1980-1989. Also includes Christian devotional diaries of his father, Obed David Evans, a published Sydney botanist, ca. 1924-1969.

BOX 1
Devotional diaries of O. D. Evans, father or The Rev. Robert Evans, B. Sc. (Syd.) Sometime curator of Herbarium Botany Department, University of Sydney, 1924-1969. Copy of ‘Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains', Armidale, 1962.

BOX 2
Papers relating to the astronomical observations and research of Robert Owen Evans arranged into annual files, 1980-1984

BOX 3
Papers relating to the astronomical observations and research of Robert Owen Evans arranged into annual files, 1986-1987, Discoveries up to 1983: early articles, Discoveries 1984-1985: including letters and articles related to them, Discoveries 1986-1989

BOX 4
Correspondence with professional astronomers, papers related to awards, application papers related to the CSIRO DS16 telescope, Correspondence with amateur astronomers, professional articles including proof copies, Papers related to articles and reports by The Rev. Robert Evans.

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