# James Evans

> James Evans was an English-Canadian Wesleyan Methodist missionary and amateur linguist. He is known for creating the syllabic writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, which was later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut.

*Canadian linguist (1801-1846)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-evans

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1801-01-18
- **Died:** 1846-11-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.1
- **Momentum:** 13.0

## Sources
- [James Evans](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Evans)
- [James Evans (Missionar)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Evans_(Missionar))
- [James Evans (linguist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Evans_(linguist))
- [Джеймс Еванс (лінгвіст)](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82))
- [James Evans](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Evans)
- [James Evans](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Evans)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562994)

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