Lord baden powell biography
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Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell () was a military officer who helped protect Britain's imperial empire for over 30 years. He was especially talented in military scouting. Baden-Powell was a prolific writer who often chose his military experiences as the subjects of his works.
He is best known for starting a worldwide scouting movement.
Robert Baden-Powell was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell on February 22, in his parents' house in London, England.
Lord baden powell biography
His father, Professor H.G. Baden Powell was a vicar and a professor of natural science. His mother, Henrietta Smyth, was Professor Baden Powell's third wife. The couple had seven living children together, of whom Robert was the fifth, and they also raised three children from the vicar's previous marriage.
Baden-Powell's father died just after his last child was born, when Robert was only three years old. In Henrietta changed the family name to Baden-Powell out of respect for her late husband.
Mrs. Baden-Powell educated