George Gough Booth (1864-1949) was the publisher of the Detroit News and philanthropist who founded the world-renowned Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Booth hired noted architect Albert Kahn to design his country manor, Cranbrook House, and had both architect Eliel Saarinen and sculptor Carl Milles in residence for many years at Cranbrook. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Along with The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News (owned by Gannett) is one of the two major Metro Detroit newspapers. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his or her time, money, or effort towards helping others. ... A sculpture of the Zodiac, main quadrangle, Cranbrook Campus. ... See Albert Kahn (banker) for the French banker. ... Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873–July 1, 1950) was a Finnish architect, who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ... Triton Blowing a Shell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Carl Milles, born Carl Emil Wilhelm Andersson son of lieutenant Emil Mille Andersson and his wife Walborg Tisell, (June 23, 1875–September 19, 1955) was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. ...
Booth got his start in the newspaper industry as the son-in-law of James E. Scripps who, in turn, was the older half-brother and one-time partner of Edward W. Scripps. With his two brothers, George also founded Booth Newspapers, comprised of a newspaper network spanning across the southern half of Lower Michigan. That chain was sold to Advance Publications (a Samuel I. Newhouse property) in 1976. Edward W. Scripps (18 June 1854 - 12 March 1926) was an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press International news syndicate. ... Advance Publications is owned by the descendants of Samuel I. Newhouse. ... Samuel Irving Newhouse (1895 - 1979) was a U.S. broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher. ...
Together, brothers Ralph and George Booth were major benefactors of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The front entrance of the DIA on Woodward Avenue. ...
GeorgeGoughBooth (1864-1949) was the publisher of the privately-held Evening News Association, which at one time held newspaper and broadcasting properties located from coast to coast.
Booth got his start in the newspaper industry as the son-in-law of James E. Scripps (who, in turn, was the older half-brother and one-time partner of E.W. Scripps).
Booth was an avid student of the Arts and Crafts movement and, together, brothers Ralph and GeorgeBooth were major benefactors of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
GeorgeGoughBooth (1864-1949), a native of Toronto, was an owner of a successful iron-working company in Windsor, Ontario, when he wed Ellen Warren Scripps (1863-1948), the eldest child of James Edmund Scripps, the founder of the Detroit News.
As joyful as their home life in Detroit was, Ellen and GeorgeBooth longed to establish themselves in the country, where they could play out their dreams of developing a fine estate on a far larger scale than was possible in the city.
Booths work did not go unnoticed; by the end of the early 1920s, Cranbrook House was being hailed nationally for its beauty and for the exquisite quality and caliber of its many treasures.
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