Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
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1857 – 1941
Who was Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell?
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association.
After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. Based on those earlier books, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for youth readership. In 1907, he held the first Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting.
After his marriage to Olave St Clair Soames, Baden-Powell, his sister Agnes Baden-Powell and notably his wife actively gave guidance to the Scouting Movement and the Girl Guides Movement. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died and was buried in 1941.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1857
Paddington - Also known as
- Robert Baden-Powell
- Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
- Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Olave Baden-Powell
(1912/10/31 - )
- Olave Baden-Powell
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Charterhouse School
- Died
- Jan 8, 1941
Nyeri - Resting place
- Baden-Powell grave
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on July 23, 2013
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