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In the first half of the 20th century, there were a number of individuals whose philosophy, values, and research work helped to shape how evaluation evolved during that time and in subsequent years. There were also individuals whose evaluation work may not have impacted the evolution of evaluation theory and practice, per se, but who instead used evaluation as a tool to expose major social injustices of the time. Some of these influential scholars were not identified as evaluators during their time, yet their work made contributions to evaluation as theorized and practiced today. While they are too numerous for our coverage to be exhaustive, we highlight a few well-known, and a few lesser-known, early contributors to the evaluation field.