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William Booth (1829-1912) was the British founder of the Salvation Army in 1878, and its first "general".

Short Biography:

Born in Nottingham, the son of a builder, he experienced religious conversion at the age of 15.

In 1865 he founded the Christian Mission, in Whitechapel, Est London, which in 1878 became the Salvation Army. In Darkest England, and the Way Out 1890 contained proposals for the physical and spiritual redemption of the many down-and-outs.

His wife Catherine (1829-18 read more...

Tags: founder, general, preacher, officer

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