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91Booth, Evangeline Cory — ▪ American religious leader original name Eva Cory Booth born Dec. 25, 1865, London, Eng. died July 17, 1950, Hartsdale, N.Y., U.S. Anglo American Salvation Army leader whose dynamic administration expanded that organization s services and… …
92Booth (Alabama) — 32° 30′ 00″ N 86° 34′ 15″ W / 32.4999957, 86.5708112 …
93Booth, Edwin — (1833 1893) Generally acknowledged as the greatest actor in American theatre history, Edwin Booth was born on Junius Brutus Booth s Maryland farm, reportedly on a night of shooting stars. In his youth, he toured with his father and even on… …
94Booth, William — ( 1829 1912 ) cofounder of the Salvation Army William Booth was born on April 10, 1829, into a Church of England family residing near Nottingham, England. As a youth, he experienced conversion in a Methodist meeting and felt a call to… …
95Booth, Catherine — ( 182 9 1890 ) cofounder of the Salvation Army Catherine Mumford Booth was born on January 17, 1829, and grew up in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. In 1844, her family moved to London. She joined a Methodist church in Brixton, but in 1844… …
96Booth, Charles — ▪ British sociologist born March 30, 1840, Liverpool, Eng. died Nov. 23, 1916, Whitwick, Leicestershire English shipowner and sociologist whose Life and Labour of the People in London, 17 vol. (1889–91, 1892–97, 1902), contributed to the… …
97Booth, Shirley — ▪ American actress original name Thelma Booth Ford born August 30, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S. died October 16, 1992, North Chatham, Mass. American actress who was equally deft in both dramatic and comedic roles and who was the recipient of… …
98Booth, Maud Ballington — ▪ American religious leader née Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth born Sept. 13, 1865, Limpsfield, Surrey, Eng. died Aug. 26, 1948, Great Neck, N.Y., U.S. Salvation Army leader and cofounder of the Volunteers of America. Maud Charlesworth… …
99Booth's Theatre — The lavishly appointed theatre at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street in New York was constructed at a cost of more than a million dollars, while Edwin Booth toured strenuously to pay for its construction. Among its innovations which may be credited… …
100Booth, Mary Louise — ▪ American journalist born April 19, 1831, Millville [now Yaphank], N.Y., U.S. died March 5, 1889, New York, N.Y. American journalist, prolific translator from the French, and the first editor of Harper s Bazar (later Bazaar). Booth… …
