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Also Known As Amanda Berry
Born January 23, 1837 • Maryland
Died February 24, 1915 (aged 78) • Sebring • Florida
Role In Holiness movement
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Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody
American missionary
William Carey
William Carey
British missionary
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Alexander Crummell
American scholar and minister
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Caravaggio: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
St. Thomas
Christian Apostle
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John Crawfurd
British scholar and diplomat
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Giovanni da Montecorvino
Franciscan missionary
Duff, Alexander
Alexander Duff
Scottish minister
T.F. Middleton.
T.F. Middleton
British missionary
Jean-Antoine Dubois, detail of a lithograph by F.-S. Delpech
Jean-Antoine Dubois
French missionary
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Agnes Smedley
American journalist and writer
“Sweet Daddy”
Charles Emmanuel Grace
American preacher
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Annie Besant
Annie Besant
British social reformer
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general