| Birth | 19 Aug 1899 | Soho, London | | | |
| Residence | 1901 | with his parents - Welsh Chapel House, 136, Shaftesbury Avenue, London | | | |
| Education | From Abt 1910 | Stationers' Company's School, London | | | |
| Residence | 1911 | with his parents - 19, Lorne Road, Stroud Green, London | | | |
| Graduation | 1920 | University College, London | | | |
| Residence | 19 Jun 1921 | with his parents - 19, Lorne Road, Stroud Green, London | | | |
| Occupation | 19 Jun 1921 | university student - Day Training College, University College, London | | | |
| Graduation | 1922 | University College, London | | | |
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1923 | St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London - Hon Baroness Marjorie Ruth MEASURES |  | | |
| Occupation | 4 Apr 1923 | university lecturer - Manchester, Lancashire | | | |
| Residence | 4 Apr 1923 | 25, Kensington Avenue, Manchester, Lancashire | | | |
| Occupation | From 1925 to 1926 | Professor of English Language and Literature - University College, Southampton, Hampshire | | | |
| Occupation | From 1926 to 1933 | Professor of English Literature - Sheffield University, Yorkshire | | | |
| Occupation | From 1933 to 1944 | Professor of English Literature - Queen Mary's College, London University, London | | | |
| Residence (family) | 29 Sep 1939 | The Cottage, Charlwood, Surrey - Hon Baroness Marjorie Ruth MEASURES | | | |
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 | University Professor - Queen Mary's College, London University, London | | | |
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 | Head of Foreign Intelligence Section - Ministry of Information, London | | | |
| Occupation | From 1944 to 1951 | Principal - Queen Mary's College, London University, London | | | |
| Occupation | From 1951 to 1966 | Provost - University College, London | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 12 Jul 1955 | was knighted - Buckingham Palace, London | | | |
| Title (Nobility) | From 25 Aug 1967 | Baron Evans of Hungershall - the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells | | | |
| Death | 28 Aug 1982 | Hungershall Lodge, Hungrshall Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | | | |
| Probate | 3 Nov 1982 | Brighton | | | |