BIOGRAPHIES
These biographies appear strictly in the order the names first appear in the text of the book. Where a fuller report is published elsewhere, a summary only is given together with a reference to the other material.
| NAME |
| Dr. John E. Esslemont |
| Edward T. Hall |
| Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper |
| George P. Simpson |
| Miss Ethel J. Rosenberg |
| Día’u’lláh Asgharzádih |
| Lady Blomfield |
| Rev. George Townshend |
| Mrs. Isobel Slade |
| Mrs. Louise Ginman |
| Miss Florence Pinchon |
| Mrs. Claudia Coles |
| Sister Grace Challis |
| David Hofman |
| Mrs. Lilian Stevens |
| Miss Evelyn Baxter |
| ?asan M. Balyuzi |
| Frank Hurst |
| Mrs. Mary Basil-Hall |
| Albert and Jeff Joseph |
| Dr. R. St. Barbe Baker |
| Miss Jessica Young |
| Lady Kathleen Hornell |
| Mrs. Ursula Samandarí |
| Mrs. Marion Hofman |
| Miss Una Townshend |
| Joseph Lee |
| Mrs. Dorothy Ferraby |
| Philip Hainsworth |
| Walter Wilkins |
| Mrs. Alma C. Gregory |
| Robert Cheek |
| Mrs. Joan Giddings |
| Hugh and Violet McKinley |
| Dr. Lutfulláh Hakím |
| Fred Stahler |
| Mrs. Prudence George |
| John L. Marshall |
| Mrs. M. Olga K. Mills |
| Alfred and Lucy Sugar |
| Charles N. Dunning |
| Miss Claire Gung |
| Mrs. Lizzie F. Hainsworth |
| Miss Margaret Sullivan |
| Cyril and Margaret Jenkerson |
| Richard H. Backwell |
| Miss Ada Williams |
| Mrs. Constance Langdon-Davies |
| George K. Marshall |
| Mrs. Marguerite Preston |
| Bernard Leach, CH, OBE |
| Samuel Scott |
| John Ferraby |
| Mrs. Florence “Mother” George |
| Músá Banání |
| ‘Alí Nakhjavání |
| ?assan and Isobel Sabrí |
| Arthur Norton |
| Eric Manton |
| Dr. Abbás and Shomais Afnán |
| Edmund Cardell |
| Dr. John G. Mitchell |
| Miss Irene Bennett |
| Miss Dorothy Wigington |
| Ernest W. Gregory |
| Dr. Ernest S. Miller |
| Ian Semple |
| Miss Jean Campbell |
| John Craven |
DR. JOHN E. ESSLEMONT, Hand of the Cause of God
Born in 1874 and accepted the Faith in early 1915, Dr. Esslemont was elevated to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God after his passing on 22 November 1925 and linked by the Guardian with George Townshend and Thomas Breakwell, on the passing of George Townshend, as “One of three luminaries shedding brilliant lustre annals Irish, English, Scottish Bahá’í communities”. He was “Vice-President” of the first National Assembly from October 1923 until November 1924. For fuller details of his life and works read “Dr. J. E. Esslemont” by Dr. Moojan Momen. (Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1975-B130.)