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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; [4] 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.
Oct 9, 2024 · Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Also called (1922–29): Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet. Born: February 22, 1857, London, England. Died: January 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya (aged 83) Founder: Boy Scouts.
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Jun 11, 2020 · As a boy. Born in 1857, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born in London and was one of 10 children. His father, who was a professor at Oxford University, died when Robert was...
- Joined The Army
- Became A Hero
- Founded Scouting
- Created An International Movement
- Books
- Periodicals
- Online
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...
Jun 11, 2020 · 11 June 2020. 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 significant...
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).
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.
