John Sargent
John Sargent | |
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| Born | January 18, 1923 USA |
| Died | August 12, 1998 Zimbabwe |
| NSA member | South Central Africa 1967 - 1969 Zimbabwe 1970 - 1977 1980 - 1985 |
John Sargent (January 18, 1923 - August 12, 1998) was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to Zimbabwe where he served as a National Spiritual Assembly member.
Biography[edit]
Sargent was born in the United States in 1923. In his career he became a prospecting geologist and curator, and in his personal life he married Edith Anderson and they had a son before her passing in 1961.[1]
In 1962 Sargent became a Bahá’í and in 1965 he pioneered to Zimbabwe to serve the Bahá’í community and he established the first Bahá’í library in the country and proclaimed the Faith to the first Zimbabwean chief to declare. He was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of South Central Africa in 1967 and served until 1969. He remarried to Aili Honkanen in 1968 and they had a daughter.[1]
When the National Spiritual Assembly of Zimbabwe was established in 1970 Sargent was elected as an inaugural member serving until 1977. He was elected again in 1980 serving until 1985. In his final years he began writing a history of the Bahá’í Faith in Zimbabwe but was unable to complete it before his passing in 1998.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 313. View as PDF.
