Chronology: Chronology: Date 1901-06-00

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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' on22 April, 1902. [GPB259; HDB11] 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; Paris, France	First Frenchman to embrace the Faith; first European Bahá'í to visit Iran
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; Paris, France; Thomas Breakwell	First male British Bahá'í; first English believer; first Western Bahá'í to pay Huqúqu'lláh