Devlin, Joseph Francis (‘Frank’)
(1900–88), badminton player, was born 19 January 1900 at 11 Wellington Place, Dublin, to Joseph Edmund Devlin, government official, and Edith Devlin (née Jeneken). He was the only child in a mixed-denomination marriage and as a result there were…...
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa)
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa) (1917–2008), politician, tribal
elder and nurse, was born Bridget Wren on
11 November 1917 in Tarmons,
Tarbert, Co. Kerry, one of five daughters and two
sons of John Wren, a small-holding farmer, and his wife Johanna (née…...
Táherzadeh-Málmírí, Adib (1921–2000), historian of
the
Bahá’í
Faith, was born 29 April
1921 in Yazd, Iran, youngest of
two surviving sons of the four sons and four daughters (three of whom had been killed
during a massacre of Bahá’ís) of Hájí
Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí (c.…...