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Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / 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 ...
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 11, 2020 · 11 June 2020. GLYN KIRK. If you have ever been to Cubs, Scouts, Brownies or Guides, you may have heard the name Lord Robert Baden-Powell. He was the founder of the Scouting movement and a ...
- First Scout Camp and Foundation of Scouting Movement
- Personal Life of Baden Powell
- Legacy of Baden-Powell
In August 1907, Baden-Powell organised a trial scouting camp to be made up of 20 boys from a diverse selection of social backgrounds. The boys spent a week on Brownsea island and it proved to be a great success. From this initial starting point, the scouting movement soon blossomed. In 1909, there was the first National Scout Rally at Crystal Palac...
Baden-Powell met his future wife, Olave St Clair Soames, on the ocean liner Arcadian in 1912. She was 23, he was 55. The marriage gained a lot of media publicity due to the high profile nature of Baden Powell. They were married in secret and later had three children. According to a biographer Tim Jeal, Baden-Powell had some implicit though rather n...
In 2007, during the centenary of Scouting, it was estimated that there were 38 million members of the Scouts and Guides in over 216 countries. – Baden Powell.
May 29, 2018 · Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) was a military officer who helped protect Britain's imperial empire for over 30 years. He was especially talented in military scouting. Baden-Powell was a prolific writer who often chose his military experiences as the subjects of his works.
Baden-Powell became appropriately known as the “Chief Scout of the World”. Lord Robert Baden-Powell, (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world Scouting movement. He was the sixth of eight sons amongst ten children.
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.
