Dr. Parris was a champion of Bahá’u’lláh, not because he dashed off and did grand and spectacular things, or, led thousands of people into the Faith. It is because he immediately plunged into the

When the prison authorities brought the Baha'i prisoners together in February, Tahirih saw her husband for the first time since their arrest. He had been so badly beaten that she could barely recognize him.

She became the first Baha'i to reside in Malta, earning her the title "Knight of Baha'u'llah"

Ethel Rosenberg was the first English person to accept the Bahá'í Faith in 1899. She spent her early childhood there and came to London to study art under Legros at the Slade School. The

Horace Hotchkiss Holley Born: April 7, 1887 Death: July 12, 1960 Place of Birth: Torrington, Connecticut Location of Death: Haifa, Israel Burial Location: Baha’i Cemetery, Haifa, Israel His family was well-to-do and his forebears included congregationalist ministers and noted