Editing Arthur Evans (section)

==Honours==
[[File:Knossos Arthur Evans 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Bronze bust of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, Crete.]]

Evans was a member and officer of many [[learned society|learned societies]], including being elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS) in 1901.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sirarthurevans.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/biography/ |work=The Sir Arthur Evans Archive|title=Sir Arthur Evans |access-date=9 June 2016 |year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022181645/http://sirarthurevans.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/biography/ |archive-date=22 October 2017 |publisher=[[Ashmolean Museum]], [[University of Oxford]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was elected an International Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1913 and a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Arthur+J.+Evans&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828082551/https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000186 |title=A.J. Evans (1851 - 1941) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> He won the [[Lyell Medal]] in 1880 and the [[Copley Medal]] in 1936. In 1911, Evans was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[King George V]] for his services to archaeology<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28512/page/5167 |title=Whitehall, July 8, 1911 |newspaper=[[The London Gazette]] |access-date=9 June 2016 |date=11 July 1911 |page=5167}}</ref> and is commemorated both at Knossos and at the [[Ashmolean Museum]], which holds the largest collection of Minoan artefacts outside Greece. He received an honorary doctorate ([[D.Litt.]]) from the [[University of Dublin]] in June 1901.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=28 June 1901 |page=10 |issue=36493}}</ref>