 Horace Holley, detail from larger photograph |
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| Born | 1887 Torrington, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | July 1960 Haifa, Israel |
| Nationality | United States |
| Known for | Hand of the Cause |
| Religious stance | Bahá'í Faith |
| Spouse | Bertha Herbert (1909-1919) Doris Pascal (1919-) |
| Children | Hertha (1910 or 1911, Italy) Marcia (1916, Greenwich Village, United States) |
Horace Holley (born 1887 in Torrington, United States, died July 1960 in Haifa, Israel) was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 to be a Hand of the Cause, and later elected to be one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957-1963. Holley was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1887. He was introduced to the Bahá'í Faith in 1909, and later served as a member and secretary to the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, first being elected in 1923. He also became editor of World Unity Magazine. He was elected by his fellow Hands of the Cause to be a Custodian in 1959. "The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais announced today that Horace Holley had resigned as secretary to become chief steward of the faith at international headquarters in Haifa, Israel."[1]
Notes
- ^ New York Times, Dec 25, 1959, p12
References
- Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1.
External links
- Works by Horace Holley at Project Gutenberg
- Read-Aloud Plays (1916). A collection of stories involving the Bahá'í Faith
- Biography by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram
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