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- Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, was an educator, soldier, and prolific writer, who presented the ideas and theory behind Scouting in his bestselling book “Scouting for Boys”. He is popularly known as B-P.
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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).
Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (renamed to Girl Scouts in some countries) was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century.
Jan 22, 2015 · When Robert Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys" was published in January 1908 it met with tremendous success and Scout troups sprung up across the UK. However, the movement didn't just appeal to boys and many girls wanted to join in with the activities offered.
Sep 1, 2006 · It is but another example of how the two movements inspired by Scouting for Boys carried the baptismal sign of its author through much of their own history. It remains a key text for any social understanding of the first half of twentieth-century Britain and its republication is to be welcomed.
- Allen Warren
- 2006
In August 1907, he set up a camp for 20 boys on Brownsea Island. The boys had a lot of fun. They enjoyed the adventure so much that Baden-Powell decided to write a book for children. His book was called ‘Scouting for Boys’ – it gave children lots of fun ideas so they could teach themselves skills including tracking and making things.
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Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike. Find out more.
Aug 10, 2024 · Baden-Powell wrote the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which, with his previous 1899 book Aids to Scouting for N.-C.Os and Men captured the imagination of the boys of Britain and led to the creation of the Scout Movement.
