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Caricature of Charles Santley, English-born baritoneCaricature of Charles Santley (1834-1922), English-born operatic and oratorio singer. A comment on his recent conversion to Roman Catholicism. 1880
Mary Fisher, QuakerMARY FISHER - Quaker who tried to convert the Turkish Sultan, who treated her better than her own people, who whipped and imprisoned her : in the end she went to America. Date: 1623 - 1697?
Rigep Dandulo, ConvertRIGEP DANDULO Turkish resident in England who converted to Christianity and was baptised in Exeter Chapel, Strand, London. Date: circa 1657
David Baker, BenedictineDAVID BAKER (in religion, Augustine) Lawyer, Catholic convert : became a Benedictine monk, writing quantities of theology of a spiritual and ascetic kind. Date: circa 1610
Saint Elias of EgyptSAINT ELIAS OF EGYPT Arab convert to Christianity, founded monastery at Jericho, became patriarch of Jerusalem but got involved in theological controversies. Date: ? - 518
Adalbert MurderedADALBERT, prince and bishop, seeking to convert the Prussians, is murdered by a heathen priest, but is made a saint Date: 997
Railway engines converted to oil fuel by G. H. DavisSaving coal: mainline railways convert engines to oil fuel. A series of drawings illustrating the conversion of a locomotive. Date: 1946
Making sea water drinkable by G. H. DavisMaking sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use
Leon Bloy PhotoLEON BLOY French writer, convert to Catholicism in whose cause he wrote several nauseatingly sentimental works, photographed in 1895. Date: 1846 - 1917
Lavigerie PhotoCHARLES MARTIAL ALLEMAND LAVIGERIE - French churchman, cardinal and primate of Africa whose excessive zeal to convert Algerian Moslems to Christianity was unwelcome. Date: 1825 - 1892
Jan TzatzoeJAN TZATZOE African convert to Christianity with his autograph Date: CIRCA 1836
Pier Paolo VergerioPIER PAOLO VERGERIO Italian jurist, antiquary, bishop, protestant convert etc Do not confuse with the historian of the same name Date: 1498 - 1565
Marie Theo. RatisbonneMARIE THEODORE RATISBONNE French priest, brother to the notorious visionary and convert. Date: 1802 - 1884
Leang-A-Fa, ChineseLEANG-A-FA Chinese convert to Christianity and evangelist. Date: EARLY 19TH CENTURY
John KelseyJOHN KELSEY Christian who unsuccessfully sought to convert the Sultan of Turkey to his faith. Date: circa 1670
MARK KERR Scottish abbot of Newbattle, convert to protestantism : depicted in his fortieth year. Date: ? - 1584
Parnall Hamble Baby Convert, N2002
Colonial America (16th c. ). Religion (1585)Colonial America (16th c.). Religion (1585). Jesuit evangelizing Indians in North America
Agnes BulmerAGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836
Marmaduke Pickthall, English novelist, journalist and Islamic scholar. A convert from Christianity to Islam, he translated the Qur an into English Date: 1919
Archbishop Laurence converts EadbaldLaurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, convinces King Eadbald of Kent to convert to Christianity. Eadbald, a pagan, succeeded his father Ethelbert (who had converted to Christianity) in 616 A.D
Rack and Pinion RailwayA Blenkinsop rack rail and spur. Rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack
Church at UtrechtThe people of the Netherlands convert to Christianity : the ordination of St Thomass church, Utrecht
EDOMITEAn Edomite, member of a Semitic people inhabiting Jordan or thereabouts, convert to Islam
Power from the SeasFuture power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935
Jh Newman / V Fair 1877JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, subsequently a cardinal
Jh Newman / Mrg Eng 1850JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, aged about 50
Jesus & Woman of SamariaJesus meets a woman at a well in Samaria, and wins a convert
Olaf Arrives in NorwayOlaf Tryggvesson returns to Norway after his wanderings bringing with him Christianity, his new religion
Jh Newman / Carte 1861JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, subsequently a cardinal
Saint Columba (Skelton)SAINT COLUMBA Irish saint arrives in Inverness to convert the heathen Picts, using a miracle to unbar their fortress gates
HINDU TORNA Hindu convert is torn between his new faith and his loyalty to the faith of his family
John AlascoJOHN ALASCO Polish churchman, convert to protestantism, forced to flee to England, then had to flee again when Mary was crowned. with his autograph Date: - 1560
Paul EscapesPaul - now a convert to Christianity - escapes from Damascus where the priests are not very pleased by his change of heart
Clovis PromisesClovis, Merovingian king of the Franks, promises his wife Clothilde that if he defeats the Alemanni at TOLBIAC, he will convert to Christianity : he does, and does
Missionaries / ChinaMatteo Ricci with convert Paul Ly
Missionaries / AfricaJean Le Vacher refuses to convert to Islam at Algiers
Open air baptism in the western USAIn the western USA, Baptists baptise their converts at sub-zero temperatures in the open air, trusting to their faith to keep them warm
Convert to Palmistrya convert Date: 1881
