William Sears

William Sears

male, deceased (1992)
American, Bahá'í individuals, Baha'i Faith, Baha'i, HandoftheCause, Hands of the Cause of God
William Sears was a prominent American Bahá'í teacher and writer. Sears was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in the last co...

George Townshend

male, deceased (1957)
Baha'i Faith, Baha'i, Bahá'í individuals, Irish, journalist, Hands of the Cause of God…Hands of the Cause, HandoftheCause, Sewanee, The University of the South
George Townshend was born in Ireland and was a well known writer, clergyman before his conversion to the Bahá'í Faith in which he became a Hand of...

Rúhíyyih Khanum

female, deceased (2000)
Canadian of British Isles descent, Baha'i Faith, Bahá'í individuals, American, Bahá'í holy family, From Montreal…Hands of the Cause of God, Hands of the Cause, HandoftheCause, The Greatest Canadian
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum, born Mary Maxwell was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921-1957. She was appointed by hi...

Horace Holley

male, deceased (1960)
Baha'i Faith, HandoftheCause, Bahá'í individuals, Hands of the Cause of God, Hands of the Cause, haifa
Horace Holley was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 19...
Martha Root

Martha Root

female, deceased (1939)
Baha'i Faith, Hands of the Cause, Bahá'í individuals, Hands of the Cause of God, Oberlin College alumni, HandoftheCause…Queen Marie of Romania
Martha Louise Root was a prominent traveling teacher of the Bahá'í Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century. Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of th...
Ugo Giachery

Ugo Giachery

male, deceased (1992)
Baha'i Faith, Baha'i, Hands of the Cause of God, World War I, Italian, Bahá'í individuals…HandoftheCause, Shrine of the Báb
Ugo Giachery was a prominent Italian Bahá'í from an aristocratic family from Palermo. After World War I he moved to the United States, where he be...

Amelia Collins

female, deceased (1962)
Baha'i Faith, Baha'i, HandoftheCause, Lutheran, Mount Carmel, American…Hands of the Cause of God, Bahá'í House of Worship, Shrine of the Báb
Amelia Engelder Collins was a prominent American Bahá'í from the Lutheran family. She became Bahá'í in 1919. She made large donations to seve...

`alí-Muhammad Varqá

male, 97 years old
Baha'i Faith, Hand of the Cause of God, Dr. `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, Huqúqu'lláh, Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh…HandoftheCause, Hands of the Cause of God, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh
Dr. `Alí-Muhammad Varqá (born 1912 is currently the last living Hand of the Cause, and the trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh of the Bahá'í Faith. His gr...
William Sutherland Maxwell

William Sutherland Maxwell

male, deceased (1951)
Canadian of British Isles descent, Baha'i Faith, From Montreal, Bahá'í individuals, Canadian, Hands of the Cause of God…HandoftheCause
William Sutherland Maxwell is a well-known Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith. He was born in Montreal, Canada to pa...
John Esslemont

John Esslemont

male
Baha'i Faith, Baha'i, British, Hands of the Cause, John Ebenezer Esslemont, Hands of the Cause of God…Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, HandoftheCause
John Ebenezer Esslemont, was a prominent British Bahá'í from Scotland. He was the author of the well-known introductory book on the Bahá'í Fait...