Hilary Evans

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Hilary Agard Evans (born March 6, 1929 in Shrewsbury , † July 27, 2011 ) was a British picture archivist, parapsychologist and author .

After studying at King's College at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Birmingham , he worked from 1953 as an advertising copywriter for the Mather & Crowther agency .

Together with his wife Mary (nee Lander; 1936-2010), whom he married in 1956, he founded in 1964 the Agency Mary Evans Picture Library, focusing on illustrations from the 18th and 19th century specialized. In 1981 he was one of the founders of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP). He was also a member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) and the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA).

In his non-fiction books he dealt with topics from the fields of art and social history as well as paranormal phenomena such as B. UFOs , whose socio-cultural background he sought to capture. One of his research areas was the phenomenon of Street Lamp Interference (SLI; street lamp interference).

In December 2010 he donated his private collection to the Archives for UFO Research in Sweden .

Publications

  • with Mary Evans: Sources of illustration 1500–1900. Adams & Dart, 1971, ISBN 0239000951
  • with Mary Evans: The Victorians at Home and at Work: As Illustrated by Themselves. David & Charles, 1973, ISBN 0715358049
  • with Mary Evans: John Kay of Edinburgh: Barber, Miniaturist and Social Commentator 1742-1826. Impulse Publications, 1973, ISBN 0901311286
  • with Mary Evans: The Picture Researcher's Handbook: An International Guide to Picture Sources and How to Use Them. David & Charles, 1975, ISBN 0715365878
  • with Dik Evans: Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction 1895-1905. Frederick Muller, 1976, ISBN 058431017X
  • with Mary Evans: The Party that Lasted 100 Days: The Late Victorian Season. Macdonald and Jane's, 1976, ISBN 0356083632
  • with Mary Evans: Hero on a Stolen Horse: The Highwayman and His Brothers-In-Arms, the Bandit and the Bushranger. Frederick Muller, 1977, ISBN 0584103409
  • with Mary Evans: The Man Who Drew the Drunkard's Daughter: The Life and Art of George Cruikshank , 1792–1878. Frederick Muller, 1978, ISBN 0584102593
  • The Art of Picture Research: A Guide to Current Practice, Procedure, Techniques, and Resources. David & Charles, 1979, ISBN 0715377639
  • The Oldest Profession: An Illustrated History of Prostitution. David & Charles, 1979, ISBN 0715377922
  • Picture librarianship. Saur, New York / Munich / Paris 1980, ISBN 0-89664-428-6
  • Intrusions: Society and the Paranormal. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, ISBN 0710009275
  • The Evidence for UFOs. Aquarian Press, 1983, ISBN 0850303508
  • Visions, Apparitions, Alien Visitors. Aquarian Press, 1984, ISBN 0850304148
  • Gods, Spirits, Cosmic Guardians: A Comparative Study of the Encounter Experience. Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 0850305977
  • with John Spencer : UFOs, 1947-1987: The 40-year search for an explanation. Fortean Tomes, 1987, ISBN 1870021029 ; New edition: Phenomenon: Forty Years of Flying Saucers. Avon, 1989, ISBN 0380706547
  • Alternate States of Consciousness: Unself, Other-self, and Superself. Aquarian Press, 1989, ISBN 085030802X
  • (Ed.): Frontiers of Reality: Where Science Meets the Paranormal. Aquarian Press, 1989, ISBN 0850308097
  • From Other Worlds: The Truth About Aliens, Abductions, UFOs and the Paranormal. Carlton, 1998, ISBN 1858685141
  • with Dennis Stacy (Ed.): The UFO Mystery: The 50-year Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Enigma. John Brown, 1998, ISBN 187087076X
  • with Patrick Huyghe: The Field Guide to Ghosts and Other Apparitions. HarperCollins, 2000, ISBN 0380802643
  • Seeing Ghosts: Experiences of the Paranormal. John Murray, 2002, ISBN 0719554926
  • with Robert E. Bartholomew: Panic Attacks: Media Manipulation & Mass Delusion. Sutton, 2004, ISBN 0750937858
  • with Robert E. Bartholomew: Outbreak! The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior. Anomalist Books, 2009, ISBN 1933665254
    • Reviewed by Bob Rickard in the Fortean Times, Issue 253, September 2009
  • Sliders: The Enigma of Streetlight Interference. Anomalist Books, 2010, ISBN 1933665475

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Mary Evans Picture Library: About the Library: Mary Evans 1936-2010
  2. ↑ Mark Braund: Mary Evans obituary . In: The Guardian . July 16, 2010
  3. ^ David Morrow: Close encounters of the street lamp kind . In: The Independent . August 31, 1995
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Hilary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Hilary Agard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British picture archivist, parapsychologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Shrewsbury
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2011