George Booth

Little is known of Booth, ex­cept that he held the ti­tle "Dr." (pre­sum­a­bly an aca­dem­ic de­gree). His works in­clude:

The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hym­nal, ed­it­or (Lon­don: The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889)
The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­or (Lon­don: The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912)

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