What is Robert Baden-Powell?
[[File:Coat of Arms of Baron Baden-Powell.svg|thumbnail|150px|right|Coat of Arms of Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell.]] '''Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell''', [[Order of Merit|OM]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]], [[Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (22 February [[1857]] – 8 January [[1941]]) was an English army officer most known for starting the Boy Scouts. He was born in [[Paddington]], in the [[West End of London]] and went to British [[public school]]s before joining the [[British Army|army]]. Baden-Powell served in [[South Africa]] during the [[Anglo-Ashanti Wars|Anglo-Ashanti]] and [[Boer War]]s, and also served in [[Malta]]. Baden-Powell's most notable service was at the [[Siege of Mafeking]]. For that, he became a [[major general]], and later a [[lieutenant general]], which he was until [[1910]]. In [[1907]], he founded the [[Boy Scouts]], and wrote the first ''Handbook for Boys''. He also started the Woodbadge program, which is based on [[Scoutcraft]] and things he learned from the [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s. He also spied in [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Russia]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Baden-Powell, Robert}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1941 deaths]] [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]] [[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] [[Category:Knights of Grace of the Order of St John]] [[Category:Order of Merit]] [[Category:People from London]] [[Category:Scouting]] [[Category:United Kingdom Barons]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}}