# William Davies Evans

> Welsh navy captain, inventor and chess player (1790–1872)

**Wikidata**: [Q456905](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456905)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Davies_Evans)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-davies-evans


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013