Ark. visitor asks: can anyone confirm story that while flying over NW Arkansas Corrie ten Boom was moved by the Spirit to believe it would be the site of a great revival?

Thanx to Indianapolis IN for suggesting Martin Luther

Penrose CO commends Alexander MacLaren (1826-1910, Brit.), 'prince of expository preachers'. Thanx

RETURNS THROUGH 1999 ARE COMPILED!
Webservant weighed results by several different methods. By every method, these three (in alphabetical order) are the most admired heroes:
George W. Carver, David Livingstone and Mother Teresa.
Don't you agree? Well, did you 'vote'?

Thanx to Albuquerque NM for a profound Q: 'Where is Abraham Lincoln?' So, should Lincoln be added?

E Ky seconds Lincoln, as well as Luther, and would add C.H. Spurgeon too. Thanx.

Thanx Melinda for recommending the martyred hero Jim Elliot.

Thanx to Westminster VT for a nice link to WILLIAM TYNDALE ,the martyr who gave us the English Bible!

Hagerman ID touts Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Richard Wurmbrand, D.L. Moody, Watchman Nee, Elisabeth Elliot, Joni Eareckson Tada and Hudson Taylor. Thanx.

Thanx to Urbana Mo who also commends Richard Wurmbrand, founder of the VOICE OF THE MARTYRS.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer gets yet another firm recommendation, this one from Irving, TX. Thanx!

Thanx to Wellington, OH, for commending George Whitefield, D.L. Moody, Charles Finney & John Lake!

To 'a.f.': C. S. Lewis received what the British soldiers called a 'blighty', a wound that was not fatal or crippling but bad enough to get sent home. He nevertheless spent many weeks recuperating.

Thanx to Big Rapids MI for commending Luther and Bonhoeffer; Luther's addition is imminent.

Londonderry NH had the great privilege of actually hearing Gladys Aylward speak in the 1960's. Terrific!.

Belated congrats and free book to Tiffany of Fayatteville, TN, for a great quiz entry!

Thanx to Belfast for lauding Amy Carmichael and suggesting Isobel Kuhn, Hudson Taylor, C T Studd, J O Fraser, Jim Elliot, W P Nicholson and Dr. Bill Woods of the Amazon.

Thanx to VA for lauding Bill Gothard, leader of the Institute in Basic Life Principles in Illinois.

Shelby Twp MI commends Bruce 'Bruchko' Olson, who has evangelized the Motilone Indians of Colombia, South America. Thanx.

Thanx to the visitor who so strongly commended the courageous Helen Keller.

Houston TX lauds the English emancipator William Wilberforce. Thanx.

Thanx to Carlsbad CA - who among many - recommends the great Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thanx to Gothenburg Sweden for suggesting the Dalai Lama.

EXPLANATION OF HOW HEROES ARE SELECTED!
It is acknowledged there are scores of heroes. Why then are they not all on this website? Because each candidate requires extensive reading in order to offer reliable information and interesting anecdotes. Also, because this website is a one-servant operation the addition of heroes is a slow process. Sorry.

Uniacke Nova Scotia wants some Canadian heroes! Thanx.

Thanx to Saginaw TX - among others - for recommending more photos and images. This has not been pursued as fully as possible for two main reasons:
1. Obtaining permissions for use of photos is time-consuming and often impossible.
2. A website with hundreds of photos and images requires enormous storage space.
So 'Heroes of History' can only offer visitors an extensive reading list from which they may pursue (from their library or Interlibrary Loan) more photos and images.

Thanx to Prentice WI for commending two heroes who started their great missions in Latin America and built world-wide organizations: Clarence Jones - with his HCJB World Radio - and William Townsend - with his Wycliffe Bible Translators.

To Glen Burnie MD, many thanx for suggesting Henry & Bertha Holt, heroes who made it their mission that 'every child have a permanent, loving home' with Holt International Children's Services.

Thanx to 'Anonymous' for finding typos on the John Wesley page.

To Flagstaff AZ thanx for the many suggestions, especially the new ones: Ayako Miura, Mathilde Wrede and Arthur Holland.

Thanx to Merville BC (Canada) for George Muller and once more the Elliots.

Stoke Poges UK writes that she was named after Corrie ten Boom. Many thanx.

Thanx to Simpsonville SC for recommending George Washington.

Thanx to Ashford in Kent UK for commending Andrew Gray, William Guthrie and later 'Scottish Divines'. Go HERE to get within that very interesting webring. Also see HALL OF SCOTTISH PREACHERS!!

Broken Hill Australia recommends Count Zinzendorf, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Celtic missionaries and the Desert Fathers. Many thanx.

A visitor commends Clara Barton and Abraham Lincoln. Thanx.

Kansas recommends artist/photographer Gordon Parks.

Thanx to Simpsonville SC for advancing George Washington and George Muller.

San Diego CA commends Galileo, Joan of Arc, Salman Rushdie, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesus!

LA CA advocates Bishop Romeros, Cameron Townsend and Bonhoeffer. Thanx!

Santa Clara CA adds Martin Luther King Jr, Lech Walesa, St. Francis and St. Clare. Thanx!

Thanx to a visitor for commending Sojourner Truth!

Thanx for Bishop Tutu and Nelson Mandela from LA CA.

Brantford ON recommends Bonhoeffer once again. Thanx!

Thanx to Dubuque IA for Adolph Julicher.

Holland lauds Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), great missionary to 'Burma'. Thanx!

Thanx to Elizabethton, TN, for commending French mystic Madame Guyon!