Robert Stephenson Smyth first Baron Baden-Powell

Standard Name: Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth,,, first Baron

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15 October 1899 to 18 May 1900

The settlement of Mafeking was famously defended under siege by Robert Baden-Powell during the Second Boer War; he attracted hostile criticism when he issued arms to some black troops.

Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979.

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25 July 1907

Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout movement. Its purpose was to teach outdoor survival and character building through an approach which moved its learners through successive levels of skills.

Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

1910

Robert Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes established the Girl Guides as a sister organization to the Boy Scouts .

Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.

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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.

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“History: A Living Story”. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS): About WAGGGS: How It All Began.

WAGGS online

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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