Booth, William Stone (1864-1926)

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Macmillan Company (United States Branch)

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, May 24, 1902

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, May 29, 1902

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, September 24, 1902

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, October 11, 1902

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, October 18, 1902

Jane Addams to William Stone Booth. October 2, 1902

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Birth Date

1864-01-20

Death Date

1926-10-14

Birthplace

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

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William Stone Booth was an established author and editor. He spent his time discussing Shakespeare as well as the literature and drama of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Serving as the Macmillan Company's literary adviser from 1898-1903, Booth had many correspondences with Addams at this time as he helped to further her literary career with editing and publishing advice. Booth died in 1926.

Booth's married Mary Maud Brewster in 1898. Mary died of a heart condition in 1901. Booth married his second wife, Leonora Spring Howe, in 1904. They had three children: Robert Howe Booth, Elizabeth McPherson Booth, and Emily Lampard Booth.