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Biography of William Booth
William Booth was the founder of the Salvation Army in the nineteenth century.
When and Where was he Born?
12th April , 12 Nonintone Place, Sneinton, Nottingham, England.
Family Background:
Booth was the son of a speculative builder.
Education:
Apprenticed to a Pawn Broker.
Timeline of William Booth
Booth converts to Christianity and becomes a revivalist preacher.
He moves to London where he works in a pawnbrokers shop in Walworth.
He meets Catherine Mumford for the first time.
Catherine shared his interests in social reform but was not taken by his anti-women views whom he described as the weaker sex.
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He was particularly opposed to women preachers. Although he said he would not like it, he would not prevent Catherine from becoming a preacher herself.
Booth becomes a Methodist New Connexion Minister at Gateshead on Tyneside.
He marries Catherine Mumford on 16th June at Stockwell New Chapel.
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