| LC control no. | n 50062374 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Booth, Bramwell, 1856-1929 |
| Variant(s) | Booth, William Bramwell, 1856-1929 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1856-03-08 |
| Death date | 1929-06-16 |
| Place of birth | Halifax (England) |
| Affiliation | Salvation Army |
| Found in | General Booth, the vagrant and the unemployable ... 1909. Oxford DNB online, 19 Mar. 2015 (Booth, (William) Bramwell; Salvation Army officer; born at Halifax, Yorkshire, on 8 March 1856, the eldest son of William Booth (1829-1912) and his wife, Catherine Booth, née Mumford (1829-1890), the founders of the Salvation Army; Bramwell Booth was chief of staff of the Salvation Army from 1881 until his father's death in August 1912; William Booth appointed Bramwell his successor; he wrote "Echoes and memories" (1925), "These fifty years" (1929), and other books, as well as many articles on Bible studies and social problems, and frequent contributions to the press on prison reform, vagrancy, the homeless poor, and emigration; he was 'promoted to Glory' on 16 June 1929) Wikipedia, 19 Mar. 2015 (Bramwell Booth, born 8 March 1856, died 16 June 1929, was the first Chief of Staff (1881-1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912-1929), succeeding his father, William Booth) |
| Associated language | eng |
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