Įducated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. 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 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Founder of the international Scouting Movement writer artist
