He is known as a partner from 1830 in Bradbury & Evans, who printed the works of a number of major novelists, as well as leading periodicals.
He married Maria Moule, youngest daughter of George Moule of Melksham, on 21 October 1830.
Frederick and Maria had 12 children, eight of whom survived to become adults.
In the 1850s, Bradbury & Evans published Household Words, the weekly edited by Charles Dickens.
Evans and Dickens were friends, but fell out over a disagreement in 1858/59. The quarrel had a personal impact on Evans, whose daughter Bessie married Dickens's eldest son (Charles Dickens, Jr), with Dickens refusing to attend the wedding and reception.
He is known as a partner from 1830 in Bradbury & Evans, who printed the works of a number of major novelists, as well as leading periodicals.
He married Maria Moule, youngest daughter of George Moule of Melksham, on 21 October 1830.
Frederick and Maria had 12 children, eight of whom survived to become adults.
In the 1850s, Bradbury & Evans published Household Words, the weekly edited by Charles Dickens.
Evans and Dickens were friends, but fell out over a disagreement in 1858/59. The quarrel had a personal impact on Evans, whose daughter Bessie married Dickens's eldest son (Charles Dickens, Jr), with Dickens refusing to attend the wedding and reception.
Gravesite Details
He was buried on 25 June 1870 alongside his wife and children at the parish church of St Mary, Stoke Newington.
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