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Apr 13, 2024 · Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (born February 22, 1857, London, England—died January 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya) was a British army officer who became a national hero for his 217-day defense of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the South African War of 1899–1902.
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By 1876 Baden-Powell had to decide upon a career. He was denied admittance to Balliol College in Oxford, where two of his older brothers had attended. Without much forethought, Baden-Powell decided to participate in an open examination for an army commission. Of the 700 people who took the exam, he finished second for cavalry and fourth for infantr...
The Boer Warwas a bloody struggle between English-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking whites for control of South Africa's mineral wealth—the world's richest gold reefs. While the chief of the British army, Lord Wolseley, wanted to send 10,000 troops to South Africa, the British cabinet disagreed and instead sent 20 special service officers to organize...
It was during this last appointment that Baden-Powell really began to develop his ideas about the scouting movement. In 1904 he attended the Annual Drill Inspection and Review of the Boys Brigade in Glasgow, where the founder, William Smith, had recruited over 54,000 boys. Smith had asked Baden-Powell to rewrite his book Aids to Scouting for a youn...
In 1910 Baden-Powell resigned from the Army and became the chairperson of the Executing Committee of the scouting movement. This movement quickly spread to other countries. Baden-Powell traveled extensively to promote scouting, including trips to South America, Russia, Canada, and the West Indies. Interest in the movement was not limited to boys. B...
Jeal, Tim, Baden-Powell,Century Hutchinson, Ltd., 1989. Mac Donald, Robert H. Sons of the Empire: The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918,University of Toronto Press, 1993. Plaatje, Sol T., Mafeking Diary: A Black Man's View of a White Man's War,Meridor Books, 1990. Reynolds, E.E., A Biography of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Oxford Univ...
Guardian,July 24, 1999, p. 1. Independent,October 21, 1989. Los Angeles Times,July 24, 1999, p. 1. New Republic,September 29, 1986, p. 33. Ottawa Citizen,October 11, 1999, p. A7. San Diego Union-Tribune,February 20, 2000, p. G-1. Smithsonian,July 1985, p. 33. Sunday Telegraph,October 10, 1999, p. 33. U.S. News and World Report,January 14, 1991, p. ...
"Founders of Scouting and the Boy Scouts of America," http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-211.html(December 6, 2000). "Historical Highlights," http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-511/1910.html(December 6, 2000). "History of Scouting," http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/books/history/index.html(December 25, 2000). "Sir Robert Baden-Powell," htt...
Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1929 for Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet. He had been created baronet, of Bentley, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 December 1922.
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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 – January 8, 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the World Scouting Movement . Baden-Powell joined the British Army in 1876.
History. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 ; 8 January 1941 ), also known as B-P, was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scouting movement. After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until ...
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL ( / ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl / BAY-dən POH-əl; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide ...
Quick Facts. British Celebrities Born In February. Also Known As: Robert Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. Died At Age: 83. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Olave Baden-Powell. father: Baden Powell. mother: Henrietta Grace Smyth.
