Editing Wayne C. Booth (section)

==Life==
Booth was born in [[Utah]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] parents, Wayne Chipman Booth and Lillian Clayson Booth. The older Booth died in 1927, when young Wayne was six years old.<ref>"Utah State Archives Indexes," database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes: accessed June 23, 2020), Department of Health. Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death certificates, Series 81448</ref> Booth graduated from [[American Fork High School]] in 1938.<ref> American Fork High School transcript, Utah State Archives </ref> He was educated at [[Brigham Young University]] and the University of Chicago. He taught English at [[Haverford College]] and [[Earlham College]] before moving back to the [[University of Chicago]].  He maintained his membership in [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] throughout his life, but took the position that many religions were equally acceptable and sufficient.<ref>Booth, Wayne C. (March 1998), [https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/109-25-36.pdf "Confessions of an Aging, Hypocritical Ex-Missionary" (PDF)], Sunstone: pp. 25–36.</ref> He was a member of both the [[American Philosophical Society]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Wayne+Clayson+Booth&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayne Clayson Booth |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/wayne-clayson-booth |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>