Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
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| Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | |
|---|---|
| 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941 (aged 83) | |
 Founder of Scouting | |
| Nickname | B-P |
| Place of birth | Paddington, London, England |
| Place of death | Nyeri, Kenya |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1876–1910 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Chief of Staff, Second Matabele War (1896–1897) 5th Dragoon Guards in India (1897) Inspector General of Cavalry, England (1903) |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Ashanti Wars, Second Matabele War, Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War |
| Awards | Ashanti Star (1895),[1] Matabele Campaign, British South Africa Company Medal (1896),[2] Queen's South Africa Medal (1899),[3] King's South Africa Medal ( 1902),[4] Boy Scouts Silver Wolf Boy Scouts Silver Buffalo Award (1926),[5] World Scout Committee Bronze Wolf (1935),[6] Großes Dankabzeichen des ÖPB (1927) Großes Ehrenzeichen der Republik am Bande (1931) Goldene Gemse (1931) Grand-Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1932), Order of Merit (1937), Wateler Peace Prize (1937) Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath |
| Other work | Founder of the international Scouting Movement; writer; artist |
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (pronounced /ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊ.əl/) (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement.
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 Pearson, for youth readership. During writing, he tested his ideas through a camping trip on Brownsea Island with the local Boys' Brigade and sons of his friends that began on 1 August 1907, 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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