Tenniel Evans Tenniel Evans Walter Tenniel Evans (17 May 1926 – 10 June 2009) was a British actor and, latterly, clergyman. Walter Tenniel Evans was born in Nairobi, Kenya. His middle name derived from the illustrator Sir John Tenniel, a distant relation. His daughter, Serena Evans, is an actress, and his son, Matthew, is a television director. Tenniel Evans was a direct descendent of Isaac Evans, brother of George Eliot (born as Mary Ann Evans). Educated at Christ's Hospital, the University of St Andrews and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Evans is best known for his long-running role as Leading Seaman
Mary Ann Mantell Although the couple became a coherent research team, their personal lives suffered and the pair became increasingly distant causing their marriage to end in divorce. They had three children together, including prominent New Zealand scientist and politician Walter Mantell. Gideon was the primary caretaker of the children after the divorce was finalized; he died in 1852 of an opium overdose. Mary Ann Mantell Mary Ann Mantell ("née" Woodhouse; 1799 – 1847 or 9 April 1795 – ) is credited with the discovery of the first fossils of "Iguanodon", and provided several pen and ink sketches of the fossils for her