Henry Booth

For other people named Henry Booth, see Henry Booth (disambiguation).

Henry Booth
Born(1788-04-04)4 April 1788
Died28 March 1869(1869-03-28) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Corn Merchant
  • Railway businessman
Known for

Henry Booth (4 April 1788 – 28 March 1869)[1] was a British corn merchant, businessman and engineer particularly known as one of the key people behind the construction and management of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the world's first steam railway conducting both scheduled passenger services and freight.

  1. ^ Smiles (1869), pp. 12, 20.