Mary Forbes Evans

Mary Forbes Evans (an haife ta Lander, 5 ga Mayu 1936 - 29 ga Yuni 2010) marubuciya ce 'yar Birtaniya, mai tattara kaya kuma wacce ta kafa tare, tare da mijinta Hilary Evans, na ɗakin karatu na Mary Evans Picture Library.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Caroline Mary Forbes Lander a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1936 a 8 Cotswold Gardens, Hendon, London, ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'ya'ya mata huɗu na Digby Forbes Lander (1891–1969), ma'aikacin asusun ajiyar jiragen sama, da matarsa, Norah Doris Caroline Lander, wacce aka haifa a Williams (1898–1970).   Ta zauna a Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, kafin ta koma Kudancin Rhodesia tana da shekaru bakwai.  Iyalan sun koma Ingila a shekarar 1950.

Lander ta haɗu da mijinta na gaba Hilary Agard Evans (1929–2011), mai rubuta kwafin talla, kuma ɗan Eric Agard Evans, malamin makaranta, lokacin tana matashiya a wani biki.  Sun yi aure a shekarar 1956.

 Sana'a 
Mary Evans ta kasance mai tattara littattafai tun tana ƙarama, musamman littattafan yara masu zane-zane. [1] Ta kasance mai sha'awar tattara hotuna da hotuna tare da mijinta Hilary Evans, kuma sun bincika bukukuwan littattafai, shagunan littattafai, shagunan littattafai da kasuwanni, siyan littattafai, kwafi, hotuna, zane-zane, zane-zane da kuma abubuwan ban mamaki iri-iri - "komai da hoto". [2] "Sha'awarsu mai ban mamaki" ba da daɗewa ba ta cika ƙaramin gidansu da ke Titin Cocin Kensington, don haka suka ƙaura zuwa wani ƙaramin gida a Blackheath, a kudu maso gabashin London.

A shekarar 1964, ma'auratan sun kafa ɗakin karatu na Mary Evans Pictures Library, kuma a shekarar 1965, Hilary Evans ta bar aikinsa na talla don yin aiki na cikakken lokaci tare da matarsa a ɗakin karatu.  Daga ƙarshe tarin dubban littattafai, tare da ɗaruruwan dubban hotuna, ya yi girma fiye da gidansu, kuma kamfanin ya koma wani ƙaramin ofis kusa da tashar Blackheath; bayan 'yan shekaru a can, har yanzu yana girma, ya sake komawa babban wuri, tsohon zauren cocin All Saints' Blackheath .   Mary Evans ta rungumi canjin fasaha kuma ta ci gaba da ƙirƙira abubuwa, kuma kafin rasuwarta kamfanin ya ɗauki mutane 14 aiki, yana da gidan yanar gizo wanda ke ɗauke da kusan hotuna miliyan ɗaya, da kuma cinikin shekara-shekara na sama da fam miliyan ɗaya. 

Tare da Hilary, Mary Evans ta rubuta littattafai da dama da ke ɗauke da hotuna daga ɗakin karatu, ciki har da The Party that Lasted 100 Days: the Late Victorian Season (1976) da The Man who Drew the Drunkard's Daughter: the Life and Art of George Cruikshank (1978).  Sun yi wa littafin The Picture Researchers' Handbook gyara, har zuwa bugu na takwas. 

 Rayuwa daga baya 
Mary Evans ta rasu a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 2010, a gidan kula da marasa lafiya na Riverlee, Greenwich.  Hilary Evans ta rasu a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 2011. 'Yar su, Valentine Evans, ta rasu. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2010
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1936