G. Phillips Bevan

George Phillips Bevan (1829 – 1889) FSS FGS was a Welsh statistician, geographer and author, and the brother of William Latham Bevan.

His father was William Hibbs Bevan (1788-1846), who was high sheriff for Breconshire in 1841, and his brother, William Bevan, was archdeacon of Brecon from 1875. His mother Margaret, daughter of Joseph Latham, was also of Beaufort. He was educated at Rugby School, going on to graduate from St Andrew's University with M.D. in 1850, having also studied at King's College, London, and Edinburgh University. He was Surgeon for the Beaufort Iron Works at the time of the 1851 census. By 1858 he was a Fellow of the Geological Society and contributed a paper (in two parts) to the journal The Geologist. He was a partner in Bevan & Brewer, Colliery Proprietors until that company was dissolved in 1864. By 1871 he had moved to Kensington and is listed in the census as a Scientific author.

Bevan's Statistical Atlas (1882)
His Statistical Atlas was a massive tome with 45 plates, each 20×28 inches, and many statistical tables.

It provides a useful reference list of schools of the period.

The Educational Condition of the United Kingdom
These tables and map provide a useful reference to educational institutions of the 1880s, including statistical information about the following:
 * Primitive Methodist
 * York Jubilee School (Elmfield College)
 * Birmingham Bourne College
 * Moravian
 * Fulneck School
 * Gomersal School
 * Mirfield School
 * Wyke School

Publications

 * 1858 On the Geology of the Beaufort and Ebbw Vale District of the South Wales Coal-field. The Geologist 1(2), Feb, pp. 49–54;1(4), Apr, pp. 124–129
 * 1880 The strikes of the past ten years. Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 43(1), 35–64.
 * 1880 Tourists' Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire ... With ... Maps.
 * 1882 The Statistical Atlas of England, Scotland and Ireland. Edinburgh & London: W. & A. K. Johnston

British Manufacturing Industries
Bevan edited a series of volumes consisting of papers on primary manufacturing and crafts in the UK. There were 15 volumes, published from 1876 to 1878.