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Dr. '''John Morton Evans''' (1871 – 1956) was a British [[philatelist]] who signed the [[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists]] in 1935.<ref>''[http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011]'', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://www.webcitation.org/6OlHSBOTl?url=http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]</ref> In 1953, Morton Evans was awarded the Tilleard Medal by the [[Royal Philatelic Society London]] for his display of the stamps of [[British Guiana]]. He was the President of the Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society which he had joined in 1898.<ref>"Obituary Dr. J. Morton Evans", ''[[Gibbons Stamp Monthly]]'', Vol. 30, No. 3, November 1956, p. 33.</ref>
Dr. '''John Morton Evans''' (28 Jul 1871, [[Chirbury]], [[Shropshire]] 28 Sep 1956, [[Bristol]]) was a British [[philatelist]] who signed the [[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists]] in 1935.<ref>''[http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011]'', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819000841/http://abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]</ref> In 1953, Morton Evans was awarded the Tilleard Medal by the [[Royal Philatelic Society London]] for his display of the stamps of [[British Guiana]]. He was the President of the Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society which he had joined in 1898.<ref>"Obituary Dr. J. Morton Evans", ''[[Gibbons Stamp Monthly]]'', Vol. 30, No. 3, November 1956, p. 33.</ref>


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Dr. John Morton Evans (28 Jul 1871, Chirbury, Shropshire – 28 Sep 1956, Bristol) was a British philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1935.[1] In 1953, Morton Evans was awarded the Tilleard Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his display of the stamps of British Guiana. He was the President of the Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society which he had joined in 1898.[2]

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  1. ^ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
  2. ^ "Obituary Dr. J. Morton Evans", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 30, No. 3, November 1956, p. 33.