James Allan Stewart Evans (Allan), professor emeritus, University of British Columbia. The son of a farmer, he grew up in Puslinch Township in Ontario. He graduated from Guelph Collegiate Institute in 1948, then went on to Victoria College, University of Toronto, with four major scholarships. From there he went on to Yale University and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece for further graduate work.
His first teaching post was Waterloo College, then University of Texas and after that McMaster University. During this time he collaborated in founding the first ancient history doctoral program in a Canadian history department. From McMaster he moved to the University of British Columbia where he served as professor of classics and head of department until his retirement.
During his career he conducted research in a variety of areas and published numerous books and scholarly articles. The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power, Herodotus, Procopius, to name a few.
After retiring in 1996, he served as visiting professor at the University of Washington, Simon Fraser University then was appointed Whitehead Professor at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens Greece.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor Ward, two sons James Arthur and Andrew Lindsay, daughter Cecily Eleanor and two grandchildren, Alex and Megan.
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