Jemison, Mary ('Deh-he-wä-mis') (1743?–1833), American frontierswoman, was born aboard the ship William and Mary, when her parents, Thomas Jemison and his wife Jane (née Erwin), (both of protestant Scotch-Irish heritage) were emigrating to colonial Pennsylvania, departing from…...
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.…...
Whitehead, O. Z. (Oothout Zabriskie; 'Zebby')
(1911–98), actor and Bahá'í pioneer, was born 18 March 1911 in New York city, USA, the son of O. Z. Whitehead, a wealthy banker living in Manhattan's Upper
East Side, and his wife Maria. Enjoying a comfortable childhood, he attended the…...