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General Robert Baden-Powell: Date: 20 June 2023, 10:27 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: General Baden-Powell, Bain news service photo portrait.jpg: Author: File:General Baden-Powell, Bain news service photo portrait.jpg: James Russell & Sons [1] derivative work: Robertus Pius; Other versions
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; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
David Baden-Powell was born in Melbourne; he was educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School where he received his Victorian Certificate of Education.After completing secondary schooling, Baden-Powell attended La Trobe University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Physics.
Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being extensively rewritten by others.
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A member of the B-PSA Wolf Cub section. Wolf Cubs were established by Robert Baden-Powell in 1916, as a response to younger boys wishing to join the Scout Movement. Baden-Powell based the new programme on the Seonnee Pack, created in "The Jungle Book" by his friend Rudyard Kipling.
B-P's footprint is a casting, usually in bronze or brass, of the right foot of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout and Guide Movements, who is known as "B-P." The idea is that people may put their foot into this casting, so that they can say that they have "walked in the footsteps of B-P." [1]