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1901 summer
190-
Thomas Breakwell, an Englishman living in the United States, learned of the Bahá'í Faith in Paris from May Bolles. Within three days he became a believer and immediately wrote to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB74–5; BW7:707]
  • For May Bolles' own account see BW7:707–11.
  • He is the first male British Bahá'í. [BFA2:154]
  • He is designated by Shoghi Effendi the `first English believer'. [GPB259]
  • He is the first Western Bahá'í to pay Huqúqu'lláh. [BW7:710]
  • See also AB74–80; BFA2:154; SEBW6572.
  • - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Firsts, other; France; Huqúqu'lláh; May Maxwell (Bolles); Paris, France; Thomas Breakwell First male British Bahá'í; first English believer; first Western Bahá'í to pay Huqúqu'lláh
    1901 (In the year)
    190-
    Hippolyte Dreyfus heard of the Bahá'í Faith from May Bolles in Paris and soon after accepted it. [AB81–2]
  • He was designated by Shoghi Effendi the `first Frenchman to embrace the Faith'. [GPB259]
  • He was the first European Bahá'í to visit Iran. [AB81]
  • After his marriage to Laura Clifford Barney they adopted the surname Dreyfus-Barney. [AB81]
  • France; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; May Maxwell (Bolles); Paris, France First Frenchman to embrace the Faith; first European Bahá'í to visit Iran
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