Howard MacNutt

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Howard MacNutt (born June 13, 1859 in Branchtown , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † December 26, 1926 in Miami , Florida ) was a Bahai in 1898 and was posthumously appointed a disciple of Abdu'l Baha by Shoghi Effendi .

Life

Howard MacNutt's parents were Ira and Carolyn MacNutt. He worked as a manager of a café and as a lawyer. He married Mary Stokes in 1889 and they had no children.

In 1898 both became Baha'i in New York City . He learned Persian and Arabic and was able to help translate the Kitab-i-Iqan ( Book of Certainty ) into English . In 1905 he and his wife made a pilgrimage to Acre . At the MacNutts' home in Brooklyn , Abdul-Baha lectured on April 12 and June 16, 1912, and was filmed on the property on June 18. Howard MacNutt recorded at least 18 addresses by Abdul Baha. Howard MacNutt also compiled a book of Abdul-Baha's speeches given in Canada and the United States in 1912 . On the instructions of Abdul-Baha, Howard MacNutt wrote an introduction to this originally two-volume work, which was published under the title The Promulgation of Universal Peace .

Howard MacNutt died of internal injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident a month after his wife was killed in a fall in a staircase.

Works

  • Baha'u'llah ; Translated by Ali Kuli Khan, assisted by Howard MacNutt: The Book of Ighan, revealed by Baha Ullah . George V. Blackburne co., New York City 1904.
  • Abdul-Baha, compiled by Howard MacNutt: The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912 . Bahai Publishing Society, Chicago (1922, Volume 1; 1925, Volume 2).
  • Abdul-Baha, compiled by Howard MacNutt: The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912 . Bahai Publishing Trust, Wilmette IL 2007, ISBN 978-0-87743-335-4 ( bahai.org ).

literature

  • O. Zebby Whitehead: Some Early Bahá'ís of the West . George Ronald, Oxford UK 1976, ISBN 0-85398-065-9 , pp. 35-42 .
  • Robert H. Stockman: The Bahá'í Faith in America: Origins 1892-1900 . tape 1 . Bahá`í Publishing Trust, Wilmette, Illinois 1985, ISBN 0-87743-199-X , pp. 122-125 .
  • Hasan M. Balyuzi : Abdu'l Bahá: the center of the alliance of Baha'u'llah . tape 1 . Bahá`í-Verlag, Hofheim-Langenhain 1983, ISBN 3-87037-140-4 , p. 300, 303-304 and 307 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Howard MacNutt. espncricinfo.com, accessed June 12, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Length: 1044 words excl. bibl. rsmd.net, accessed June 12, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME MacNutt, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Baha'i and disciple Abdu'l Bahas
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Branchtown , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1926
Place of death Miami , Florida , United States