Lord Robert Baden Powell
Founder of the international scouting movement, Robert B. Powell was a British soldier between 1876 - 1910. On his return from Africa in 1903, Baden-Powell found that his military training manual, Aids to Scouting, had become a best-seller, and was being used by teachers and youth organisations.[31] Following his involvement in the Boys' Brigadeas Brigade Secretary and Officer in charge of its scouting section, with encouragement from his friend, William Alexander Smith, Baden-Powell decided to re-write Aids to Scouting to suit a youth readership. In August 1907 he held a camp on Brownsea Island to test out his ideas. About twenty boys attended: eight from local Boys' Brigade companies, and about twelve public school boys, mostly sons of his friends.
The first book on the Scout Movement, Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys was published in six instalments in 1908, and has sold approximately 150 million copies as the fourth best-selling book of the 20th century.[34]
In 1920, the 1st World Scout Jamboree took place in Olympia in West Kensington, and Baden-Powell was acclaimed Chief Scout of the World. Baden-Powell was created a Baronet in 1921 and Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell, in the County of Essex, on 17 September 1929, Gilwell Park being the International Scout Leader training centre.[35] After receiving this honour, Baden-Powell mostly styled himself "Baden-Powell of Gilwell".
Robert B. Powell has received dozens of awards and medals for both is military services and public services. Among these include 10 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, and on the list of the 100 Greatest Britons.
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