Evan Roberts (June 8, 1878 – September 29, 1951) was a Welsh preacher and evangelist whose fervent ministry sparked the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival, one of the most significant awakenings of the 20th century. Born in Loughor, Glamorganshire, Wales, to Henry Roberts, a coal miner, and Hannah Jones, he was the ninth of 14 children in a devout Calvinistic Methodist family. Leaving school at 11 to work in the mines like his father, he pursued spiritual growth through chapel life, experiencing a profound conversion at 13 and later training for ministry at Newcastle Emlyn Grammar School in 1904. Roberts’ preaching career erupted in October 1904 when, after visions and a call to preach revival, he led meetings at Moriah Chapel in Loughor, igniting a movement that saw over 100,000 conversions in months. His sermons—marked by simplicity, prayer, and reliance on the Holy Spirit—spread across Wales, drawing massive crowds and international attention until exhaustion forced his withdrawal in 1906 to recuperate with the Penn-Lewis family in Leicester, England. Co-authoring War on the Saints (1912) with Jessie Penn-Lewis, he preached sparingly thereafter, living quietly in Cardiff from 1928. Never married, Roberts died at age 73 in Cardiff, Wales.