William Godwin's Diary

Booth, Junius Brutus

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  • Name: Booth, Junius Brutus
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1  May  1796
  • Death Date: 30  November  1852
  • Occupation: actor

Booth was an actor of some renown who first gained public notice in supporting roles to Edmund Kean before appearing in competition with Kean. He emigrated to America in 1812 where he lived for the rest of his life. He returned to England in 1825 and 1836 for brief visits. He was the father of Edwin Thomas Booth, renowned American tragedian, and John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin.

  • MS. Abinger c. 30, fol. 70: 27 February 1817
  • DNB
  • Stephen M. Archer, Junius Brutus Booth, Theatrical Prometheus (Carbondale, Il.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992)
  • Asia Frigga Clarke, The Elder and the Younger Booth (Boston, 1882)

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