Lawton B. Evans

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Lawton B. Evans
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Born(1862-10-27)October 27, 1862
Lumpkin, Georgia
DiedApril 1934
NationalityAmerican
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Lawton Bryan Evans (October 27, 1862 – April 1934) was an American teacher, author, and education reformer in Georgia.[1] He headed the publishing department of C. P. Byrd's printing business. He was the son of General Clement Anselm Evans.[2]

He was born in Lumpkin, Georgia.[3]

He wrote textbooks. He received honorary degrees. He married and had three children.[4]

The SS Lawton B. Evans was named for him.

Books

  • America First: One Hundred Stories from Our History
  • A History of Georgia for Use in Schools[5]
  • Worth While Stories for Every Day
  • Pirate Gold
  • Heroes of Israel (1924)
  • The Essential Facts of American History (1922)
  • The Trail Blazers
  • Heroes of Troy illustrated by Carl Lotave
  • First Lessons in Georgia History
  • Building a Canoe
  • Old Time Tales
  • With Whip and Spur
  • With wind and tide : sea stories from American history Milton Bradley (1929)
  • With pack and saddle; famous American frontier stories Milton Bradley (1930)[6]

References

  1. Chapman, Helen (December 15, 1949). "The Contributions to Education of Lawton B. Evans". University of Georgia – via Google Books.
  2. "Bookbinding & Book Production". December 15, 1927 – via Google Books.
  3. "Lawton B. Evans Georgia history scrapbooks". sclfind.libs.uga.edu.
  4. "Lawton Bryan Evans". www.rcboe.org.
  5. "A history of Georgia : for use in schools / by Lawton B. Evans - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu.
  6. "Lawton B. Evans (Evans, Lawton B. (Lawton Bryan), 1862-1934) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.

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