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Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [4] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement.
Baden-Powell was one of the first to see the use of aviation in a military context. He was a military aviation pioneer; within a year of joining the army at 22, he was lecturing on military uses of lighter-than-air flight, and in 1894, Baden-Powell made the first British military balloon flight.
South African War. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (born February 22, 1857, London, England—died January 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya) was a British army officer who became a national hero for his 217-day defense of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the South African War of 1899–1902. He later became famous as the founder in 1908 of the Boy ...
Pada tahun 1876, Baden-Powell memasuki Hussars Ke-13di India. Pada tahun 1895dia bertugas dengan khidmat khas di Afrikadan pulang ke India pada tahun 1897untuk mengetuai 5th DragoonGuards. Baden-Powell berlatih dan mengasah kemahiran pengakapnya dengan puak Zulupada awal 1880-an di jajahan NatalAfrika Selatandi mana regimennya ditempatkan dan ...
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 ; 8 January 1941 ), also known as B-P, was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scouting movement. After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in ...
Jun 11, 2020 · Born in 1857, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born in London and was one of 10 children. His father, who was a professor at Oxford University, died when Robert was three years old ...
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). He was noted for his use of observation balloons in warfare in Africa (1884–85). In the South African War, he became a ...
