Frederick D'Evelyn

Frederick W. D'Evelyn ( – 1932) appears to have been the first person of Irish birth to accept the Baháʼí Faith. He was born in Belfast in or about 1855.

Early life Information about his early life is scanty. It is known that he qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and subsequently served in a medical capacity with the British army in the South African campaigns, being wounded in 1887. for whom Bosch Baháʼí School is named.

In August 1932 he died after a brief illness and was interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. The Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of San Francisco expressed its "grief and sense of serious loss" and paid tribute to "the untiring services and inspiring leadership of their first Chairman, Dr Frederick W. D'Evelyn".