William Booth, British religious reformer, founded the Salvation Army in 1878 with Catherine Mumford Booth, his wife, and served as its first general.
William Booth served as a Methodist preacher of England. From London, England, the Christian movement, known for one largest distributor of humanitarian aid, with a structure and government like military in 1865 spread to many parts of the world. In 2002, a poll of broadcasting corporation named Booth among the hundred greatest compatriots.