Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement

1857   -   1941

country of citizenship: United Kingdom
educated at: Rose Hill School, Alderley, Charterhouse School
occupation: Scout leader, writer, politician, sculptor, military officer
award received: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of Merit, Hungarian Order of Merit, Wateler Peace Prize, Grand Cross of Dannebrog, Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Silver Wolf Award, Bronze Wolf Award, Silver Buffalo Award, Grand Officer of the Order of Christ, Grand Commander of the order of the Redeemer, Ashanti Star, British South Africa Company Medal, Queen's South Africa Medal, King's South Africa Medal, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau, Order of Saint John, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Estonian Red Cross Order First Class
position held: Chief Scout

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Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( 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 Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement.After having been educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey, 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. In 1907, he held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, particularly Aids to Scouting, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Boy Scouts Association. The first Scout Rally was held at The Crystal Palace in 1909, at which appeared a number of girls in Scout uniform, who told Baden-Powell that they were the "Girl Scouts", following which, in 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell started the Girl Guides Movement. In 1912 he married Olave St Clair Soames. He gave guidance to the Scouting and Girl Guiding Movements until retiring in 1937. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died and was buried in 1941. His grave is now a National Monument.
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