age ~86
from Surprise, AZ
1938
Richard Booth " Richard George William Pitt Booth ", Order of the British Empire ( born 12 September 1938 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales ), is a Wales bookseller, known for his contribution to the success of Hay-on-Wye as a centre for second-hand bookselling
He then opened a second-hand bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, in the old fire station, and took the strongest men of Hay to America,
His example was followed by others, so that by the 1970s Hay had become internationally known as the " Town of Books ".
University of Oxford • Rugby School
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Preference:Independent