Robert Charles Evans M.D., DSc, Knight, (1918 - 1995}, was a mountaineer and educator. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Liverpool, a fluent Welsh speaker. Schooled in Shrewsbury and attended Oxford University and qualified in 1943 having studied medicine. He travelled in the Sikim Himalaya during the war when on vacation. Climbed many of the classic routes in the Alps and put this experience to good use when in the Annapurna HImalaya.

Charles Evans was the deputy leader to John Hunt on the first ascent of Everest in 1953. Where his scientific knowledge of the use of Oxygen was crucial.

Evans was also the leader of the expedition that summited Kangchenjunga in 1955 for the first time. Kangchenjunga or Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, the second highest in Nepal and the highest in India, located in the Taplejung district of Sikkim, straddling the frontier between Nepal and India. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1959 he became the Principal of University North Wales, Bangor.

President of the Alpine Club from 1967 to 1970. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Author

• Kangchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak
• On Climbing.

Obituaries

• Robert Charles Evans 1918-1995, by Michael Ward, Geographical Journal, Vol. 162, No. 2 (Jul., 1996), pp. 257-258