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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 world-wide Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement.
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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. He later became famous as the founder in 1908 of the Boy Scouts and as ...
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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 ...
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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Upon his return from military assignment in Africa, Baden-Powell found that his military training manual, Aids to Scouting, had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth organizations. Following a meeting with the founder of the Boys' Brigade, Sir William Alexander Smith, Baden-Powell decided to rewrite Aids to Scouting to suit ...
Throughout his life, Baden-Powell has done many paintings and drawings and written many articles, monographs, letters, and over thirty books. The most famous of his works is the book, Scouting for Boys.
In 1937 Baden-Powell was appointed to the Order of Merit, one of the most exclusive awards in the British Honours System. He was also awarded 28 decorations by foreign states. The Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, was fi...
Barrett, C. R. B. History of The XIII. HussarsEdinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1911.Brendon, Piers. Eminent Edwardians. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. ISBN 039529195XBrower, Pauline York. Baden-Powell Founder of the Boy Scouts. Chicago, IL: ChildrensPress, Inc, 1989. ISBN 0516041738Courtney, Julia. Robert Baden-Powell: The Man Who Created the International Scouting Movement That Gives Young People Opportunities to Excel (People Who Have Helped). Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens,...All links retrieved July 28, 2019. 1. Pine Tree Web: Baden-Powell 2. The Story of Baden-Powellby Harold Begbie (at Project Gutenberg)
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May 29, 2018 · Robert Baden-Powell was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell on February 22, 1857 in his parents' house in London, England. His father, Professor H.G. Baden Powell was a vicar and a professor of natural science. His mother, Henrietta Smyth, was Professor Baden Powell 's third wife. The couple had seven living children together, of whom Robert ...
Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (born Feb. 22, 1857, London, Eng.—died Jan. 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya), British army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (later Girl Scouts; see scouting). He was noted for his use of observation balloons in warfare in Africa (1884–85). In the South African War, he became a ...
