John Evans (2 September 1702 – March 1782) was a Welsh Anglican cleric, known for his attacks upon Methodism.
Evans was born in Meidrym, Carmarthenshire, south Wales on 2 September 1702.
He studied at the grammar school in Carmarthen and at the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1722.
[1] Evans was inspired by Bishop Edmund Gibson to attack Methodism, publishing a hostile pamphlet against Griffith Jones in 1749 and a further attack in Some Account of the Welch Charity Schools (etc) in 1752.
The attacks did little to harm the position of Griffith Jones and more to hurt the reputation of Evans himself.