Charles Hornby
Charles Hornby | |
|---|---|
 Hornby (back) with Raúl Pavón (front left) and other Bahá’ís, 1969. | |
| Born | 1921 Carey, Ohio, USA |
| Died | October 20, 2012 Ambato, Ecuador |
| NSA member | Colombia 1961 - 1966 |
| ABM | Americas 1968 - ???? |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Bassett |
Charles D. Hornby (1921 - October 20, 2012) was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to South America where he served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Colombia and as an Auxiliary Board member.
Background[edit]
Hornby was born in Carey, Ohio, in 1921 but moved to Parma at some point where he attended high school. After graduating he joined the military and he served in the Second World War. After returning to America he became a salesman and lived in several cities across the country and he also studied at several colleges finally completing his degree in 1955.[1]
After completing his degree Hornby settled in Athens, Ohio, and became a schoolteacher and later moved to Gainesville, Georgia, where he also worked as a teacher. He married and had three children but his first marriage ended in divorce.[1]
At some point Hornby became a Bahá’í and he was an active member of the United States Bahá’í community moving to Peoria, Illinois, in the 1950's. From 1956 to 1958 he served on the National Library Committee and he also undertook travel teaching trips.[1] In 1956 he visited Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and gave a talk on the Faith which resulted in the Area Teaching Committee being invited to send a representative to a panel discussion at the University.[2] He also visited six other towns across Missouri and Kansas giving talks at local libraries.[3]
As of 1961 he had pioneered to Colombia, settling in Barranquilla,[1] and in that year he was elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of Colombia,[4] He married fellow American pioneer Helen Bassett in Colombia in 1963,[1] and they pioneered within Colombia to San Andres island in 1966 at the request of the National Assembly.[1]
As of 1968 Hornby had appointed as an Auxiliary Board member for the Americas,[5] and inn 1969 the Hornby's pioneered to Quito, Ecuador, at the request of Jalal Khazeh.[1][6] He served as Board member throughout the 1970's and accompanied Hand of the Cause Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir on a travel teaching trip across Ecuador in the late 1970's.[7]
In the 1980's the Hornby's returned to the United States, settling in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Helen's health, and they conducted training programs on pioneering. Helen passed in 1992 and Hornby then returned to Ecuador in 2001. He passed away in Ecuador in 2012.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 https://www.bahai.us/9/community/news/2013/march-april/charles-hornby-served-in-south-america-assisted-with-lights-of-guidance/
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 365, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 448, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1993). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 21 (1992-1993), Pg(s) 274. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
