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Charles Booth

1840 - 1916

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Charles James Booth (30 March 1840 – 23 November 1916) was a British shipowner, Comtean positivist, social researcher, and reformer, best known for his innovative philanthropic studies on working-class life in London towards the end of the 19th century. During the 1860s Booth became interested in the philosophy of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology, and converted to his Religion of Humanity, affiliated with members of the London Positivist Society, and wrote positivist prayers. He was captivated by Comte's idea that in the future, scientific industrialists would be in control of the social leadership instead of the church ministers. Booth's work, followed by that of Seebohm Rowntree, influenced government policy regarding poverty in the early 20th century and helped initiate Old Age pensions and free school meals for the poorest children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Booth is the 8,717th most popular politician (up from 14,934th in 2019), the 1,925th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,825th in 2019) and the 318th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles Booth ranks 8,717 out of 19,576. Before him are Yan Zhenqing, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Shintaro Abe, Väinö Tanner, Augusta of Denmark, and Sara Duterte. After him are Joyce Banda, Vykintas, Amir Kabir, Baldwin Lonsdale, Hannelore Kohl, and Prince René of Bourbon-Parma.

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Among people born in 1840, Charles Booth ranks 42. Before him are Shibusawa Eiichi, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, August Leskien, José Manuel Balmaceda, and Marie Bracquemond. After him are Akaki Tsereteli, Édouard André, Alexander Kovalevsky, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Gabriel von Max, and Dmitry Pisarev. Among people deceased in 1916, Charles Booth ranks 71. Before him are Isa Boletini, August Leskien, Saki, Tina Blau, Marie Bracquemond, and Ferdinand Fellner. After him are William Stanley Jr., Alice Ball, Huang Xing, Karl von Stürgkh, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Booth ranks 1,925 out of 8,785. Before him are Amy Johnson (1903), Edward the Exile (1016), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), and Antony Beevor (1946). After him are Clive Barker (1952), Victor McLaglen (1886), Allen Carr (1934), William Caxton (1422), Paul Rodgers (1949), and Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Booth ranks 318. Before him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Peter Fraser (1884), Lulach (1030), Gytha of Wessex (1053), and Edward the Exile (1016). After him are Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), Ine of Wessex (700), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), and Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776).

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