Howard Baskerville

Howard Baskerville

Howard Conklin Baskerville (10 April 1885 – 19 April 1909) = (Monday, 30 Farvardin 1288 Persian solar year) was an American teacher in the Presbyterian mission school in Tabriz, Iran, who died fighting for Iranian democracy. He has been called the "American Lafayette in Iran."

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