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Breakwell, Thomas (1872–1902), the first English Bahaء‎i convert  

Philip Hainsworth

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23 September 2004
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Breakwell, Thomas (1872–1902), the first English Bahaء‎i convert, was born at Ellen Street, Woking, Surrey, on 31 May 1872, the youngest of the five children of Edward Breakwell, blacksmith, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Knight. He received his elementary education at the local school, and subsequently emigrated with his family to the ...

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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780)  

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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780), first Tahitian to visit England  

John Gascoigne

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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780), first Tahitian to visit England, was taken to England in July 1774 by Captain Furneaux, commander of the Adventure (sister ship of Cook's Resolution), and returned by Cook in November 1777, having left England the previous July. He appears to have been born about 1753 on the island of ...