John Ferraby

John Ferraby (1914–1973) was a British Bahá'í born in Southsea, England, into a liberal Jewish family. He was educated at Malvern College and King's College, Cambridge, to which he won a major scholarship.[1] He became a Bahá'í in 1941 and was elected as secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly, which he remained until 1959.[1]

In October 1957, Ferraby was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. From 1959 to 1963, he served as one of the nine Custodians at the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, Israel.[1]

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