Horace Holley
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| Born | April 7, 1887 Torrington, Connecticut, United States |
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| Died | July 12, 1960 Haifa, Israel |
| Nationality | United States |
| Title(s) | Hand of the Cause |
| Religion | Bahá’í Faith |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Herbert (1909-1919) Doris Pascal (1919-) |
| Children | Hertha (1910 or 1911, Italy) Marcia (1916, Greenwich Village, United States) |
Horace Holley (April 7, 1887 - July 12, 1960)[1] was a prominent follower of the Bahá’í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies and appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 to be a Hand of the Cause of God and later elected to be one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the Faith 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 Bahá’ís 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."[2]
He died in Haifa, Israel on July 12, 1960.
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[edit] Marriages and Children
- Married Bertha Herbert Oct 1909, divorced in 1919
- Hertha was born in Italy 1910 or 1911.
- Marcia born in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1916
- Married Doris Pascal in 1919.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Rabbani, R. (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre. pp. p. xxiii. ISBN 085398350X. http://bahai-library.com/published.uhj/ministry.custodians.html#xxiii.
- ↑ New York Times, December 25, 1959, p12
[edit] References
- "Horace Holley (1887-1960)". 2008-08-17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Holley_(1887-1960). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1.
[edit] 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
