People, dates and summary Name Dates 14th Dalai Lama (1935 -) The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Thondup,[ 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama. A C Spearing (1936 -) A. C. Spearing is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He has published widely on medieval literature and has introduced Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love for Penguin Classics. A J Howard Hulme (Dates Unknown) A J Howard Hulme was an Oxford don and Egyptologist. He worked with Frederic H. Wood on translating the ancient Egyptian given through the medium 'Rosemary' by Lady Nona, a 3300year old Babylonian princess who was one of eh wives of Amenhotep III. A Monk of the Eastern Church (Dates Unknown) The anonymous author of 'Orthodox Spirituality' A W Austen (Dates Unknown) A W Austen was the editor of the Teachings of Silver Birch A.M. (Donald) Allchin (1930 - 2010) A. M. ALLCHIN, 'Donald' as he was known, was a priest and theologian was deeply Anglican, yet embraced the Orthodox church, the Roman Catholic church and the free church spirit of Wales. Abba Poemen (340 - 450) Abba Poemen (c. 340 - 450) was an Egyptian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers) Abbé Henri de Tourville (1842 - 1903) Abbé Henri de Tourville was born in 1842, ordained as a French priest in 1873, and died in 1903. His two most noteworthy pupils were Friedrich Von Hügel and Charles de Foucauld. De Tourville conveyed his spiritual wisdom. Abbé Huvelin (1830 - 1910) Huvelin Henry , born 7 October 1830 in Laon (Aisne) and died in 1910 in Paris, a French priest. He was born into a family of atheist father until 1873 and a devout mother who died in 1855 Abbot Anthony (251 - 356) One of the Desert Fathers born Heracleus, Egypt and died at Mount Colzim of natural causes. Sold all possessions & at age 35 he moved to the desert to live alone; he lived 20 years in an abandoned fort. Abbot Sisois (429 -) One of the Desert Fathers. St. Sisois, 429 AD, (July 6) was an Egyptian by birth. He first lived with monastics. Later, he spent sixty years living in the desert on the same mountain that St. Anthony had. Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928 - 2016) Abdul Sattar Edhi (1 January 1928 - 8 July 2016) was a prominent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic, and humanitarian. Abdul Waahid (d 793) Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid Abul Fadl (died 793) was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to Hasan al-Basri, second link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Fudhail Bin Iyadh. Abdullah ibn Masud (d circa 650 AD) Abdullah ibn Masud, was a ṣaḥābī or companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and an early convert to Islam after Muhammad started preaching in Mecca. Abdul-Qadir of Gilan (1077 - 1188) Al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir Al-Jilani Al-Hasani Wal-Hussaini (born in Baghdad, (1077- 1166 CE), was a Persian Hanbali jurist and Sufi based in Baghdad. Qadiriyya was his patronym. Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970) Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. 12 November 2019 Page 1 of 69 Name Dates Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Abu (1000BC) Through the Abu Trust - Trustees are James & Shirley Webster. Abu was an Egyptian priest murdered over 3000 years ago. Abu Sa'id (967 - 1049) Abusa'id Abolkhayr or Ab ū-Sa' īd Abul-Khayr (December 7, 967 - January 12 , 1049 ), also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition. Abu Talib (549 - 619) Ab ū Ṭālib ibn ‘Abd al-Mu ṭṭalib (549 - 619) was an Arab leader, the head of the clan of Bani Hashim. He was married to Fatima bint Asad and was an uncle of Muhammad. His real name was Imran. Abu Yazid al-Bistami (804 - 874) Bayazid Bastami, also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804-874 CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bastam, Iran. Abu-Ishak (d 940 A.D.) Abu Ishaq Shami (died 940) was a Muslim scholar who is often regarded as the founder of the Sufi Chishti Order because he was the person in the Chishti silsila (chain, or religious lineage) who was the first to live in Chisht Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) Adam Smith FRSA (16 June 1723 NS (5 June 1723 OS) - 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era. Adelbert (12th Century) Prior at Mount St Disibod at the time of Hildegard of Bingen - late 12th Century Adeline Yen Mah (1937 -) Adeline Yen Mah is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography Falling Leaves. Adolphus Peter Elkin (1891 - 1979) Adolphus Peter "A. P." Elkin CMG (27 March 1891 – 9 July 1979) was an Anglican clergyman, an influential Australian anthropologist during the mid twentieth century and a proponent of the assimilation of Indigenous Australians. Aelred (1110 - 1167) Aelred (1110 - 12 January 1167), also Ailred, Ælred, Æthelred, etc., was an English writer, abbot of Rievaulx (from 1147 until his death), and saint. Aelred Graham (1907 - 1984) Dom Aelred Graham was a Benedictine monk from Ampleforth Abbey in England. From 1951-1967, he served as superior of the Portsmouth Priory in Rhode Island. Aeschylus (525 - 455 BC) Aeschylus (c. 525/524 - c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is also the first whose plays still survive; the others are Sophocles and Euripides. Aetius of Antioch (1st or 2nd-century BC) Aetius of Antioch as a 1st or 2nd-century BC doxographer and Eclectic philosopher. Agnes Sanford (1897 - 1982) Agnes Mary White Sanford (1897-1982) is considered to be one of the principal founders of the Inner Healing Movement. She was the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary in China and the wife of the Episcopal priest Edgar L. Sanford. Ahmed Ysawi (1093 - 1166) Khoja Ahmat Ysawi was a Turkic poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic), an early mystic who exerted a powerful influence on the development of mystical orders throughout the Turkic-speaking world. Al Ghazzali (1058 - 1111) Ab ū Ḥāmid Mu ḥammad ibn Mu ḥammad al-Ghaz ālī (1058-1111), was born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan province of Persia. He was an Islamic theologian, jurist, philosopher, cosmologist, psychologist and mystic of Persian origin 12 November 2019 Page 2 of 69 Name Dates Alan Alda (1936 -) Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Alan Cumming (1965 -) Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965), is a Scottish character actor, author, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows and plays. Alan E Crossley (20th Century) Alan Crossley first published his evidence of personal experience, privately in 1974 under the title The Enigma of Psychic Phenomena. Alan Jacobs (Dates Unknown) Alan Jacobs is a retired businessman and art dealer, and has made a lifelong study of mysticism, particularly Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti and Douglas Harding. Alan Young (Dates Unknown) Alan Young is a teacher of Spiritual Healing workshops besides being a spiritual healing counsellor who has helped hundreds of people. He has authored a number of books on Spiritual Healing. Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (1841 - 1916) Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (14 February 1841 – 13 May 1916) was an Anglican priest and author in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965) Albert Schweitzer, OM (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. Albert Speer (1905 - 1981) Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (March 19, 1905 - September 1, 1981) was a German architect who was, for a part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Albert the Great (1193 - 1280) Saint Albertus Magnus, O.P. (1193/1206 - November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar and bishop. Albrecht Ritschl (1822 - 1889) Albrecht Ritschl (25 March 1822 – 20 March 1889) was a German theologian. Alcuin (735-804) English scholar from York, who settled on the Continent and helped Charlemagne with the promotion of education. The most famous of the monstic schools he founded was at Tours Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963) Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 - 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Alec Harris (1897 - 1974) Alexander Frederick Harris (1897-1974) was a Welsh Spiritualist medium Alexander Cannon (1896 - 1963) Dr. Alexander Cannon (1896 - 1963) was a British psychiatrist, occultist, hypnotist and author.