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People

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Booth (surname) Booth is a surname of northern English and Scottish origin, but arguably of pre 7th century Norse-Viking origins. It is or rather was, topographical, and described a person who lived in a small barn or bothy. Derived from the word "both", the word ...
* Booth (given name)


Fictional characters

* August Wayne Booth, from the television series ''Once Upon A Time'' *Cliff Booth, a supporting character of the 2019 film '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', played by Brad Pitt *
Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) Frank Booth is a fictional character and the main antagonist in David Lynch's 1986 psychological thriller '' Blue Velvet'', portrayed by Dennis Hopper. A violent drug-dealer, he has kidnapped the family of lounge singer Dorothy Vallens, holding th ...
, main villain of the 1986 film ''Blue Velvet'', played by Dennis Hopper *
Missy Booth Missy Booth is a fictional character from the Channel 4 school drama ''Ackley Bridge'', portrayed by Poppy Lee Friar. Missy first appeared in the pilot episode of the series, first broadcast on 7 June 2017. She is introduced as one of the pro ...
, a main character on the television series ''Ackley Bridge'', played by Poppy Lee Friar *
Seeley Booth Seeley Joseph Booth is a fictional character in the US television series '' Bones'' (2005–2017), portrayed by David Boreanaz. Agent Booth is a co-protagonist of the series with Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), whom he affectionately re ...
, a main character on the television series ''Bones'', played by David Boreanaz


Places


Antarctica

* Mount Booth * Booth Spur * Booth Island


Canada

* Booth Island (Nunavut)


England

* Booth, East Riding of Yorkshire, a small village * Booth Park, a cricket ground in Toft, Cheshire


United States

* Booth, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Booth, Missouri, a ghost town *
Booth, Texas Booth is a small unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. It is located along Farm to Market Road 2759 and the BNSF Railway southeast of Richmond, Texas. There are number of houses, an RV-park, a restaurant, a landscapi ...
, an unincorporated community * Booth Farm, Pennsylvania, on the National Register of Historic Places * Booth Homestead, Ohio, on the National Register of Historic Places * Booth State Scenic Corridor, a state park in Oregon


Outer space

* 13825 Booth, an asteroid


Schools

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Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth or Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 N ...
, University of Chicago * Booth University College, Winnipeg, Canada


Buildings

* Booth House (disambiguation), several buildings * Booth Mansion, Chester, Cheshire, England *
Booth Theatre The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theater at 222 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1913, the theater was designed by Henry Beaumont Herts in the Italian Renaissance ...
, Manhattan, New York City, named for actor Edwin Booth * Booth Theater (Independence, Kansas) *
Booth Library Mary J. Booth Library, named after University Librarian Mary Josephine Booth, serves the students, faculty and staff of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. History Beginning of library services The first library at Eastern Illi ...
, Eastern Illinois University * Booth Memorial Hospital, several hospitals


In business

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Booths Booths is a chain of high-end supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It has been described as the "Wait ...
, UK supermarket chain * Booth Newspapers, a newspaper publishing company *
Booth's Gin Booth's Gin is a once well-known and widely consumed make of London dry gin, recently reintroduced after years of being unavailable. It was founded by a Lincolnshire branch of the ancient Booth family in about 1740. Booth's Gin was most famousl ...


Other uses

* ''Booth'' (novel), 2022 novel by
Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation. She is best known as the author of the best-selling novel ''The Jan ...
* Booth baronets, three baronetcies *
Booth Museum of Natural History Booth Museum of Natural History is a charitable trust managed, municipally-owned museum of natural history in the city of Brighton and Hove in the South East of England. Its focus is on Victorian taxidermy, especially of British birds, as well ...
, Brighton and Hove, England *
Booth Western Art Museum Booth Western Art Museum, located in Cartersville, Georgia, is a museum dedicated to the Western United States. It is one of only two museums of its kind in the Southeastern United States, the other being the James Museum of Western and Wildlife ...
, Cartersville, Georgia, United States * (DE-170), a United States Navy destroyer escort which served in World War II * ''Booth'', a play by Austin Pendleton * A synonym for
market stall A market stall or a booth is a structure used by merchants to display and house their merchandise in a street market, fairs and conventions. Some commercial marketplaces, including market squares or flea markets, may permit more permanent ...
* '' The Booth'', a 2005 Japanese horror film


See also

* Boothe, a list of people with the surname * Boothe Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, United States * Boothe Memorial Park and Museum, Stratford, Connecticut, United States *
Isolation booth An isolation booth is a cabinet used to prevent a person or people from seeing or hearing certain events, usually for television programs or for blind testing of products. Its most visual use is on game shows, where an isolation booth (either po ...
, a device used to prevent a person or people from seeing or hearing certain events * Photo booth, a vending machine or kiosk which contains an automated camera and film processor *
Voting booth A voting booth or polling booth (in British English) is a room or cabin in a polling station where voters are able to cast their vote in private to protect the secrecy of the ballot. Commonly the entrance to the voting booth is a retractable ...
, in which voters cast their ballots in secrecy *
Telephone booth A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a tiny structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience; usually the user steps into the booth and closes the booth ...
, a small structure furnished with a payphone * Box office or ticket booth, a place where admission tickets are sold *
Tollbooth A tollbooth (or toll booth) is an enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic. A structure consisting of several tollbooths placed next to each other is called a toll plaza, tollga ...
, a place on a
toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically ...
where an authority collects a fee for use *
Food booth A food kiosk or food booth (also food stand, temporary food service facility) is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public, usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park, at a parade ...
, a structure from which food is sold *
Control booth The control booth, control room, lighting box, technical booth, tech booth, or just booth used by television, film or theatrical technicians is the area designated for the operation of technical equipment (lighting and sound), lighting controls ...
, the area of the theater designated for the operation of technical equipment * Armored booth, generally found outside of embassies and military installations *
Booth's multiplication algorithm Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation. The algorithm was invented by Andrew Donald Booth in 1950 while doing research on crystallography at Birkbeck ...
, an algorithm invented by Andrew D. Booth {{disambig, geo