Booth
Booth names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Booth EDWIN THOMAS, an American actor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDWIN THOMAS, an American actor, born near Belair, Md., Nov. 13, 1833; the fourth son of JUNIUS BRU- TUS BOOTH (q. v.). When 16 years of age, he made his first appearance on the stage, in the part of Tressel, his father acting as Richard III. Two years later he himself successfully assumed the part of Richard in place of his father, who unexpectedly refused to fulfill an evening's engagement. The following year the two went to California, where the son remained for several years, visiting Australia meanwhile. Meeting with little pecuniary success, in 1856, he returned to the Atlantic States, and from that time forward was recognized as a leading member of his profession. He visited England (1861-1862), and in 1864 produced "Hamlet" at New York for 100 nights consecutively. In 1869 he opened a splendid theater in New York, whose building cost over $1,000,- 000, but which involved him in pecuniary ruin. He revisited California in 1876, and in the spring of 1877 was able to settle with his creditors, having earned during the season over $600,000. Booth visited Great Britain and Germany in 1880-1882, and was everywhere received with enthusiasm. He died in New York, June 7, 1893.
Booth WILLIAM, founder and General of the Salvation Army
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM, founder and General of the Salvation Army, was born at Nottingham, England, April 10, 1829, was educated there, and from 1850 to 1861, acted as minister of the Methodist New Connection. From the first he was zealous in holding evangelistic services, but the new departure wh which led to the creation of the Salvation Army on military lines began in 1865 with mission work among the lower classes in the East End of London. Since 1878 Booth's movement has been known as the Salvation Army, of which he continued to be the mainspring and controlling power, directing its movements at home and abroad from his headquarters in London. His enthusiasm and wonderful organizing power gave life to the religious military system, of which he is really "general." His wife was associated with him in the publication of several hymns and religious works dealing with the movement, till her death in 1890. Mr. Booth died in London, Aug. 20, 1912.
Booth JOHN WILKES, an American actor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN WILKES, an American actor, born in Harford county, Md., in 1838; another son of JUNIUS BRUTUS BooTH. He sided with the Confederates in the Civil War, and to avenge the defeat of their cause he formed a con- EDWIN BOOTH spiracy against the life of President Lincoln. He mortally wounded the President, while the latter was attending a performance in Ford's Theater, in Washington, on April 14, 1865; broke his own leg in escaping scaping from the building; and concealed himself in Virginia till the 26th, when, on being discovered, and refusing to surrender, he was shot.
Booth JUNIUS BRUTUS, an Anglo- American tragedian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JUNIUS BRUTUS, an Anglo- American tragedian, born in the parish of St. Pancras, London, May 1, 1796. He received a classical education but early manifested a predilection for the stage, and when 17 years of age appeared in some unimportant parts. Subsequently he played Richard III., at Covent Gorden, a part in which he suddenly became famous. In 1821 he went to the United States, where for the ensuing 30 years he followed his profession much success. with He died suddenly on board a Mississippi river steamer, Nov. 12, 1852.
Booth BALLINGTON, General of the Volunteers of America
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
BALLINGTON, General of the Volunteers of America, born in Brighouse, England, July 28, 1859. He is a son of Gen. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, with which body he was officially connected until 1896, when he seceded and founded the Volunteers, a religious military body organized in the interest of the unchurched masses. He has been repeatedly appointed_General-in-Chief of the organization. on. organization Is the . author of many well known hymns. His wife, MAUDE, ably seconded her husband's efforts, and was very popular on the lecture platform.
Booth AGNES (MRS. JOHN B
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
AGNES (MRS. JOHN B. SHOEFFEL), an American actress, born in Sydney, Australia, in 1846. She made her first American appearance in New York in 1865, becoming later Edwin Forrest's leading lady. She assumed numerous famous rôles with success. She died Jan. 2, 1910.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921, Ballington Booth was still living and "repeatedly appointed General-in-Chief" of the Volunteers of America; he died in 1940, and the body he founded in 1896 survives as a large secular social-service charity rather than a uniformed religious army. William Booth's Salvation Army, then run from London as his personal creation, now works in well over a hundred countries and remains one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. The theatrical Booths have passed entirely into history: Edwin's million-dollar New York theatre, which ruined him, was demolished in 1883, but the Gramercy Park house he gave to his profession in 1888 still operates as The Players. On John Wilkes Booth, later historians have filled in what the 1921 entry compressed — the plot began as a scheme to kidnap Lincoln, included simultaneous attacks on Secretary of State Seward and Vice-President Johnson, and ended when Booth was cornered in a Virginia barn and shot by a Union soldier, Boston Corbett.
Written for this edition, 2026.