Laura Clifford Barney

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Laura Clifford Dreyfus (Barney)

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Birthplace: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Death: August 18, 1974 (94)
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Daughter of Albert Barney and Alice Pike Barney
Wife of Isidore Hippolyte Dreyfus
Sister of Natalie Clifford Barney

Occupation: Baháʼí teacher and philanthropist
Managed by: Pierre Quenee
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About Laura Clifford Barney

Laura Dreyfus-Barney (born Laura Clifford Barney; 30 November 1879, Cincinnati, Ohio - 18 August 1974, Paris, France) was a leading American Baháʼí 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-Jewish[citation needed] 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 Baháʼí teacher and philanthropist. She is best known for having compiled the Baháʼí text Some Answered Questions from her interviews with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá during her visit to ʿAkkāʾ, Palestine, between 1904 and 1906.

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Laura Clifford Barney's Timeline

1879
November 30, 1879
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1974
August 18, 1974
Age 94
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France