William Booth (10 April 182920 August 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912), recieved which honor long after he was dead?
100 Greatest Britons 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history. The series, "Great Britons", included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. All of the top 10 were dead by the year of broadcast.
Aldersgate Day Aldersgate Day is a commemorative day celebrated by Methodist Christians on 24 May or the nearest Sunday. It recalls the day in 1738 when Anglican priest John Wesley attended a group meeting in Aldersgate, London, where he received an experience of assurance of his salvation. This was the pivotal event in Wesley's life that ultimately led to the development of the Methodist movement in Britain and America.