Robert John Weston Evans FBA FLSW (born 7 October 1943) is a British historian, whose speciality is the post-medieval history of Central and Eastern Europe.
He was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and later at Jesus College, Cambridge.
[1] He works on the post-medieval history of Central and Eastern Europe, especially concerning that of the Habsburg lands from 1526 to 1918.
He also studies the history of Wales and is the President of Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym, the Oxford University Welsh language society.
Evans received an Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk at the Czech Republic Ambassador's residence in London in November 2019.