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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1901-06-00-01, sorted by date, descending

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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
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