Thomas Evans (bookseller, 1742–1784)

Thomas Evans (1742–1784) was a London bookseller, one of two of the same name in the middle of the 18th century.

Evans served an apprenticeship with Charles Marsh of Round Court and Charing Cross, and opened a bookshop in the Strand, London. He published works on English literature and antiquities, many edited by himself.

A leading member of the booksellers' club in the Grecian Coffee-house, to which Thomas Davies belonged, Evans was popular. Unlike his namesake Thomas Evans (1739–1803), he was on good terms with Oliver Goldsmith, and collected the first London edition of his writings.

Evans died on 30 April 1784.

Evans wrote or edited:

Evans left a widow Ann and a young son, Robert Harding Evans.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "". Dictionary of National Biography. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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