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  • 101Booth Stradivarius — The Otto Booth; Cho Ming Sin Stradivarius of 1716 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari (1644 1737) of Cremona. The Booth receives its name after former owners, Otto van Booth and Cho Ming Sin. For a time, the… …

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  • 102Booth, Catherine — ▪ British religious leader née Mumford born Jan. 17, 1829, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Eng. died Oct. 4, 1890, Clacton, Essex       wife of the founder of the Salvation Army (William Booth (Booth, William)), and herself an eloquent preacher and social …

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  • 103Booth, Wayne C. — ▪ American literary critic in full  Wayne Clayson Booth   born February 22, 1921, American Fork, Utah, U.S. died October 10, 2005, Chicago, Illinois       American critic and teacher associated with the Chicago School of literary criticism.… …

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  • 104Booth, John Wilkes — (1838 1865)    The darkly attractive tragedian, son of Junius Brutus Booth, was born on his father s farm near Baltimore, Maryland. He made his debut in Baltimore, then joined the stock company at Philadelphia s Arch Street Theatre. Billed as a… …

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  • 105Booth, Junius Brutus, Jr. — (1821 1883)    The eldest of Junius Brutus Booth s ten children to make a career on stage was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and made his debut in Pittsburgh in 1834. His New York debut was at the Bowery Theatre in 1851. His three wives were …

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  • 106Booth, William — (1829–1912)    Order Founder and Philanthropist.    Booth was born in Nottingham. As a young man he served as a preacher for the Methodist New Connection Church, but he left in 1861. With his wife, Catherine, he started a mission in the East End… …

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  • 107Booth Gardner — Infobox Governor name = Booth Gardner imagesize =100px order = 19th office = Governor of Washington term start = 1985 term end = 1993 lieutenant = Joel Pritchard predecessor = John Spellman successor = Mike Lowry birth date = Birth date and… …

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  • 108Booth Savage — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Savage. Booth Savage est un acteur et producteur canadien né un 21 mai à Fredericton (Canada). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …

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  • 109Booth, Edwin (Thomas) — born Nov. 13, 1833, near Belair, Md., U.S. died June 7, 1893, New York, N.Y. U.S. actor. Born into a noted theatrical family, he played his first starring roles in Boston and New York City in 1857. He became famous as Hamlet, appearing in the… …

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  • 110Booth, Wayne Clayson — ▪ 2006       American literary critic (b. Feb. 22, 1921, American Fork, Utah d. Oct. 10, 2005, Chicago, Ill.), broke from the New Criticism school, which prevailed in the mid 20th century, to explore the rhetorical techniques used by fiction… …

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