In the middle of a quaint Victorian cemetery, a towering obelisk emerges from rows of cradle graves and weeping angels. At 150 feet, this massive monument is the final resting place of Thomas Wiltberger Evans, dentist extraordinaire to European nobility, courtier, Philadelphia native, and medical pioneer. Dr. Evans’ life was far from ordinary. His obituary in The New York Times stated that “no American has ever had a more remarkable career in Europe” and that he was “a secret envoy between other crowned heads”. A fixture of the Second French Empire, his…
