John Craven
John Charles Craven (1878 - 1958) was an early British Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles.
Biography[edit]
Craven lived in Manchester and he became a Bahá’í in Manchester around 1910 as he and his wife, Hester Ann, were friends of early Bahá’í Sarah Ann Ridgway. In 1912 Craven and his brother-in-law Edward Hall met ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Liverpool when He visited England,[1] and Craven received three Tablets from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.[2]
Craven maintained a prolific correspondence with other British Bahá’ís in the early days of the community and taught the Faith primarily in Alrincham where he worked. In 1923 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles when the body was established and he served on the body intermittently for six terms up to 1931.[2]
In 1958 Craven passed away.[2]
