# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-silvan-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:44:48.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-silvan-evans"
name: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
slug: "daniel-silvan-evans"
description: "Daniel Silvan Evans was a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer. Educated at the Independent College in Brecon, Silvan Evans worked as a schoolmaster for five years. On marriage he conformed to the Established Church, studying at St David's College, Lampeter, where he became lecturer in Welsh. Ordained deacon in 1848 and priest the following year he served curacies at Llandegwning parish in Llŷn and from 1852 to 1862 at nearby Llangian, Caernarfonshire. In 1862 he was appointed to the living of Llanymawddwy, Merioneth."
tagline: "Welsh scholar and lexicographer (1818–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Daniel_Silvan_Evans_(4674117).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1818-01-11"
deathDate: "1903-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.03
  momentum:             7.596899224806201
  historical:           5.268358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Silvan_Evans"
    title: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "دانيل سيلڤان ايڤانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Silvan_Evans"
    title: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Silvan_Evans"
    title: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Silvan_Evans"
    title: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Silvan_Evans"
    title: "Daniel Silvan Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218767"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump