EVANS


Meaning of EVANS in English

I . Chris Evans

(1966– )

an English radio and television presenter who first became well known when he introduced the morning television programme The Big Breakfast from 1992, and Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush on Channel Four . He is very popular with young people, though his behaviour and remarks sometimes shock people and he has lost several jobs because he failed to come to work.

II . Edith Evans

(1888–1976)

an English actor who appeared in a wide variety of plays and films and continued acting until she was over 80. Her most famous role was as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest . She was made a dame (2) in 1946.

III . Walker Evans

(1903–75)

a US photographer. His best-known photographs were of poor people in the southern states during the Great Depression . These were published in American Photographs (1938) and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941).

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.