Christopher Evans (computer scientist)

Christopher Riche Evans
Born	29 May 1931 Aberdovey, Wales
Died	10 October 1979 (aged 48)
Nationality	British
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	University College London, University of Reading
Known for	Pioneers of Computing recordings (1970s); The Mighty Micro (1979 book and TV series)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science, psychology
Institutions	Royal Air Force, Duke University, University of Reading, National Physical Laboratory

Christopher Riche Evans (29 May 1931 – 10 October 1979) was a British psychologist, computer scientist, and author.

Born in Aberdovey, Christopher Evans spent his childhood in Wales and was educated at Christ College, Brecon (1941–49). He spent two years in the RAF (1950–52), and worked as a science journalist and writer until 1957, when he began a B.A. course in Psychology at University College, London, graduating with honours in 1960. After a summer fellowship at Duke University in the United States, where he first met his American wife, Nancy Fullmer, he took up a Research Assistant post in the Physics Laboratory, University of Reading, working on eye movements under Professor R. W. Ditchburn. Upon receiving his PhD (the title of his thesis was “Pattern Perception and the Stabilised Retinal Image”), he went to the Division of Computer Science, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, in 1964, where he remained until his death from cancer in 1979. He had two children, Christopher Samuel Evans and Victoria Evans-Theiler.

In 1979, Christopher Evans wrote a book about the oncoming microcomputer revolution, The Mighty Micro: The Impact of the Computer Revolution, which included predictions for the future up to the year 2000. This book was also printed in the USA as The Micro Millennium (New York: The Viking Press, ISBN ). He subsequently scripted and presented for ATV a six-part television series based on this book and broadcast posthumously by ITV between October and December 1979.

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