Edward Evans
Toronto Daily Star, 13 June 1938
Edward Evans (1880-1957) led a full and heroic life. Among other things:
- As a young man, he became a physical fitness fanatic, walking 40 or 50 miles a day and swimming for hours in the sea.
- He participated in two Antarctic expeditions: one in 1902-1904, and one in 1910-1913.
- In the First World War, he commanded the HMS Broke, which, in an action near Dover, sank one German destroyer, rammed another, and forced four others to escape. This made him a popular hero.
- From 1936 to 1942, he was rector of the University of Aberdeen.
- In 1945, he became Baron Mountevans.
- In 1947, he chaired a committee to establish the rules of professional wrestling in Britain.
That's rather a lot of accomplishments.
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