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Frank N.D. Buchman

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Frank N.D. Buchman

Birth
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Aug 1961 (aged 83)
Switzerland
Burial
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.5901636, Longitude: -75.4734417
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Frank was a Protestant Christian evangelist who founded the Oxford Group (known as Moral Re-Armament from 1938 until 2001, and as Initiatives of Change since then). He was decorated by the French and German governments for his contributions to Franco-German reconciliation after World War II,and twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 and 1953. Alcoholics Anonymous sprang from Oxford Group origins.


Frank was a Protestant Christian evangelist who founded the Oxford Group (known as Moral Re-Armament from 1938 until 2001, and as Initiatives of Change since then). He was decorated by the French and German governments for his contributions to Franco-German reconciliation after World War II,and twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 and 1953. Alcoholics Anonymous sprang from Oxford Group origins.




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