Jevons (other)
Jevons may refer to: People * Frank Byron Jevons (1858–1936), British academic and philosopher * Frederic Jevons (born 1929), academic * Marshall Jevons, the name of a fictitious crime writer invented and used by William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga * Phil Jevons (born 1979), English football player * Reginald Jevons (1901-1981), British organist and composer * William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), English economist and logician Other * Jevons paradox - an economic paradox where increased efficiency sometimes causes increased resource consumption. See also * Jevon (other) * Jevans * Jeavons (other) Jeavons may refer to: * Aaron Jeavons (born 1989), English cricketer * Billy Jeavons (1912–1992), English footballer * Colin Jeavons (born 1929), Welsh actor * Enoch Jeavons (1893–1967), English cricketer * Jean Jeavons (born 1956), British sw ...

Frank Byron Jevons
Frank Byron Jevons (1858–1936) was a polymath, academic and administrator of Durham University. Early life He was educated at Nottingham High School and Wadham College, Oxford and appointed a lecturer in Classics at Durham in 1882. Career He was the first Censor of St Cuthbert's Society from 1892 until 1897, a role he performed with "skill and humanity". In 1897 he was appointed as Principal of Bishop Hatfield's Hall (retitled master in 1919 when it became Hatfield College), where he remained until 1922. He was the first principal not to be seen ordained clergyman. He also served as treasurer of the university from 1898 to 1902, as sub-warden from 1902 to 1909, as vice-chancellor of the university between 1910 and 1912 and pro vice-chancellor between 1912 and 1914 and 1916 to 1921. He received an honorary DLitt Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doc ...
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