Laura Clifford Barney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laura Clifford Barney

American Bahá'í teacher and philanthropist

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1879

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 18-Aug-1974

Profession: writer, teacher, philanthropist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Laura Dreyfus-Barney (born Laura Clifford Barney; 30 November 1879, Cincinnati, Ohio - 18 August 1974, Paris, France) was a leading American Bahá'í teacher and philanthropist. She was the daughter of Albert and Alice Pike Barney.
Albert Clifford Barney was the son of a manufacturer of railway cars and was of English descent.
Alice was of French Dutch and German ancestry, and was a socially prominent artist from Washington, D.C.
Laura and her elder sister Natalie Clifford Barney were educated by private tutors.
Laura became a leading American Bahá'í teacher and philanthropist.
She is best known for having compiled the Bahá'í text Some Answered Questions from her interviews with ?Abdu'l-Bahá during her visit to ?Akka?, Palestine, between 1904 and 1906.