Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Birth and early life  





2 References  














Robert Boot







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Robert Boot (born January 10, 1839) was an English-born American agricultural businessman in Central California in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a promoter of the early raisin industry in Fresno, most prominently as president of the Fresno Raisin Growers Association from 1902 to 1904.

Birth and early life[edit]

Robert Boot was born in Nottinghamshire, England on January 10, 1839, to his father, Isaac Boot and mother, Rebecca Boot (née Sutton). The couple also had two daughters. Robert attended Ackworth School, after which he returned to Nottinghamshire where he was employed at a counting house.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ James Miller Guinn (1905). History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California: An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Chapman Publishing Company. p. 609.


  • t
  • e

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boot&oldid=1200210568"

    Categories: 
    1839 births
    19th-century American businesspeople
    Agriculture in California
    English emigrants to the United States
    Fresno, California
    People from Nottinghamshire
    Raisins
    American business biography, 19th-century birth stubs
    Hidden categories: 
    Orphaned articles from May 2022
    All orphaned articles
    Articles needing additional references from October 2021
    All articles needing additional references
    Articles with multiple maintenance issues
    Year of death missing
    All stub articles
     



    This page was last edited on 29 January 2024, at 01:37 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki