evetts, basil thomas alfred (1858-?), English historian. Evetts was educated at Oxford's Trinity College, graduating in 1881. He authored several important works on Copts, including Rites of the Coptic Church (London, 1888). He edited a three-volume study entitled History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria (Paris, 1907-1915).
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