robert stephenson smyth 1st baron baden-powell of gilwell

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Robert Stephenson Smyth 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell

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). In the South African War, he became a national hero in the Siege of Mafikeng. Having learned that his military textbook Aids to Scouting (1899) was being used to train boys in woodcraft, he wrote Scouting for Boys (1908) and that same year established the Boy Scout movement. In 1910, with his sister Agnes and his wife, Olave, he founded the Girl Guides

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Rob-ert Ste-phen-son smyth 1st bar-on Ba·den-Pow·ell of gilwell