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The passing of Stanwood Cobb, (b. November 6 Newton, Massachusetts, 1881 – d. December 29, 1982) noted Bahá'í lecturer, educator and author at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the age of 101 after 75 years of service to the Cause. [BW18p815-817]
Shoghi Effendi is reported to have said that Stanwood Cobb was the best American Bahá'í writer. [VAB vol1 p197]
His first exposure to the Faith was in 1906 at Green Acre where he attended a conference during his studies at Harvard Divinity School where he was preparing for the Unitarian ministry. [Wikipedia]
While serving as a college instructor in Constantinople, disguised as a Turk, he made a visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akka while He was still a prisoner. He met Him again in 1913 (March 23-28) and while He was in Paris and the United States during His Western travels.[ABP507-508,519-520, 526]
In the years 1912-1913 he was with Sargent's Travel School for Boys. During 1914-1915 he was the head of the English department at St John's College, Annapolis, Maryland. In 1915-1916 he was at Ashville School for Boys in Nashville, North Carolina. During 1916-1919 he served as instructor in English and history at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. [ABP507n1201]
In 1919 he married Ida Mayan Whitland and that same year became the founder and principal of the Chevy Chase Country Day School and also in 1919 the founder of the Progressive Education Association and its president 1927-1930. In 1922 he was member of the national Bahá'í Children's Education Work Committee. [ABP507n1201]
He was the author of some 30 books and numerous articles. Some of his publications can be found on Bahá'í Library.
He served as an editor of Star of the West until 1939 and was a co-editor of World Order.
He founded Avalon Press in 1935 through which he published his works. [Wikipedia]
One of his essays entitled The Continuity of Religion was first published in The Bahá'í World Volume VI, 1934-1936.
Bahá'í Chronicles.
Stanwood Cobb (age 96) shared this observation of 'Abdu'-Bahá with Jack McLean at Green Acre in 1977. "Abdu'l-Bahá," said Dr. Cobb, "was unlike the other spiritual leaders who came to Green Acre in this respect: He had a wonderful sense of humour and laughed out loud. It is this joy and zest for living that distinguished the Master from the other spiritual teachers there. They were much too serious. `Abdu'l-Bahá fully embraced the joy of life and encouraged his followers to do the same." [What Stanwood Cobb Told Me about 'Abdu'l-Bahá]
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