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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; [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.
Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈbadẽ ˈpawew]; 6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a virtuoso Brazilian guitarist and composer. [1] He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing .
Baden-Powell, a 1989 biography of Robert Baden-Powell; Mount Baden-Powell, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named after Robert Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell House, a Scouting hostel and conference centre in South Kensington, London. Baden-Powell International House, a hotel and conference centre in Hong Kong.
Baden-Powell was one of the first to see the use of aviation in a military context. [6] [7] 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. [8]
Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1929 for Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet. [1] He had been created baronet , of Bentley, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 December 1922.
Thinking Day is celebrated on 22 February. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) chose the date as it was the birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and of Olave Baden-Powell. It is thus celebrated by Girl Guides and Girl Scouts associations.
Mount Baden-Powell (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ. əl /) is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named for the founder of the World Scouting Movement, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. It was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1931. [5] It was originally known as East Twin or North Baldy. [4]
Michael Baden-Powell was born in Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), [1] the second son of Peter Baden-Powell, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and Carine Crause-Boardman. [2] After his father inherited the peerage, the family moved from Rhodesia to Britain in 1947. [1] He was educated at Pierrepont School, Frensham, England. [3]