G. Phillips Bevan

George Phillips Bevan
Born1829 (1829)
Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent
Died1889 (aged 59–60)

George Phillips Bevan (1829 – 1889) FSS FGS was a Welsh statistician, geographer and author, and the brother of William Latham Bevan.[1]

His father was William Hibbs Bevan (1788-1846), who was high sheriff for Breconshire in 1841, and his brother, William Bevan, was archdeacon of Brecon from 1875.[2] His mother Margaret, daughter of Joseph Latham, was also of Beaufort. He was educated at Rugby School, going on to graduate from St Andrew's University with M.D. in 1850, having also studied at King's College, London, and Edinburgh University.[3] He was Surgeon for the Beaufort Iron Works at the time of the 1851 census. By 1858 he was a Fellow of the Geological Society and contributed a paper (in two parts) to the journal The Geologist. He was a partner in Bevan & Brewer, Colliery Proprietors until that company was dissolved in 1864.[4] By 1871 he had moved to Kensington and is listed in the census as a Scientific author.

Bevan's Statistical Atlas (1882)

His Statistical Atlas was a massive tome with 45 plates, each 20×28 inches, and many statistical tables.

It provides a useful reference list of schools of the period.

The Educational Condition of the United Kingdom

These tables and map provide a useful reference to educational institutions of the 1880s, including statistical information about the following:

Publications

  • 1858 On the Geology of the Beaufort and Ebbw Vale District of the South Wales Coal-field. The Geologist 1(2), Feb, pp. 49–54;1(4), Apr, pp. 124–129
  • 1880 The strikes of the past ten years. Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 43(1), 35–64.
  • 1880 Tourists' Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire ... With ... Maps.
  • 1882 The Statistical Atlas of England, Scotland and Ireland. Edinburgh & London: W. & A. K. Johnston

British Manufacturing Industries

Bevan edited a series of volumes consisting of papers on primary manufacturing and crafts in the UK. There were 15 volumes, published from 1876 to 1878.[5]

Year Volume Contents Comments
1876 1 Iron and Steel by William Mattieu Williams
Copper Smelting by John Arthur Phillips
Brass Founding, Tin Plate and Zinc Working by Walter Graham[6]
2 Metallic Mining and Collieries by Warington Wilkinson Smyth
Coal by Alexander Galletly
Building Stones by Edward Hull
Explosive Compounds by William Mattieu Williams[7]
3 Guns, Nails, Locks, Wood Screws, Railway Bolts and Spikes, Buttons, Pins, Needles, Saddlery and Electroplate by William Costen Aitken
Pens and Papier-mâché by G. Lindsey[8]
4 Acids, Alkalies, Soda, Ammonia and Soap by Arthur Herbert Church
Oils and Candles by William Mattieu Williams
Gas and Lighting by Robert Hogarth Patterson[9]
5 Wool, and its Applications by Thomas Croxen Archer
Flax and Linen by William Thomas Charley
Cotton by Isaac Watts
Silk by B. F. Cobb
6 Hosiery and Lace by William Felkin
Carpets by Christopher Dresser
Dyeing and Bleaching by T. Sims[10]
7 Pottery by Joseph François Leon Arnoux
Glass and Silicates by Frederick Settle Barff
Furniture and Woodwork by John Hungerford Pollen[11]
8 Paper by Thomas Croxen Archer
Printing and Bookbinding by Joseph Hatton
Engraving by Samuel Davenport
Toys by George Christopher Trout Bartley[12][13]
9 Tobacco by John Dunning
Hides and Leather by Janes Collins
Gutta Percha and Indiarubber by James Collins
Fibres and Cordage by Peter Lund Simmonds[14]
10 Shipbuilding by Bedford Pim
Telegraphy by Robert Sabine
Agricultural Machinery by John Wrightson
Railways and Tramways by Daniel Kinnear Clark[15]
11 Jewellery by George Wallis
Gold Working by Charles Boutell
Watches and Clocks by Frederick James Britten
Musical Instruments by Edward Francis Rimbault
Cutlery by Frederick Callis[16]
12 Salt, Preservation of Food, Bread and Biscuits by John Jackson Manley
Sugar Refining by Charles Haughton Gill
Butter and Cheese by Morgan Evans
Brewing, Distilling by Thomas Alexander Pooley[17]
13 Bevan, The Industrial Classes and Industrial Statistics.[18]
14 Bevan, The Industrial Classes and Industrial Statistics.[18]
1877 15 Horticulture by Frederick William Thomas Burbidge[18]

References

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Bevan, William Latham" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ "Church Jones, Henry James". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1897–1919 (January 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ href=https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1366864100 St Andrews Biographical Register
  4. ^ London Gazette, Feb 5
  5. ^ "A dictionary of the economic products of India, Volume 1". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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  9. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ^ British manufacturing industries (1876), archive.org
  13. ^ Joanne Shattock (1999). The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 1800-1900. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-521-39100-9.
  14. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  15. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  16. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  17. ^ "British manufacturing industries". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  18. ^ a b c "British manufacturing industries. Ed. by G. Phillips Bevan. [electronic resource] - Version details - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 18 November 2015.