Evans, from
Clydach,
Glamorgan, was educated at
Ystalyfera County School, before going on to
University College, Bangor, and then
Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a
B. Litt. degree. He taught at the secondary school in
Pentre from 1918, before becoming assistant lecturer in classics at Bangor. In 1921, he was appointed as the first professor of classics at
Swansea University, and later succeeded
Sir Henry Reichel as Principal of Bangor. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales and as deputy chairman of the
Boundary Commission for Wales. In the latter years of the
Second World War he served as Chair of the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales), and also chaired the Schools Broadcasting Council (Wales). He was knighted in 1952 and became a freeman of
Bangor on his retirement from the university in 1958. His published works included a translation of
Plato's
Republic from
Greek into
Welsh. He died in Bangor on 20 February 1966 at the age of 74. A hall of residence, Neuadd Emrys Evans was opened at Bangor University in 1966. It was demolished in 2008. ==References==