b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nRobert Baden-Powell\n_START_SECTION_\nBiografie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nDup\xc4\x83 ce a studiat la Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell a servit ca ofi\xc8\x9ber al armatei britanice \xc3\xaentre 1876 \xc8\x99i 1910 \xc3\xaen India \xc8\x99i \xc3\xaen Africa. \xc3\x8en 1899, \xc3\xaen timpul celui de al Doilea R\xc4\x83zboi al Burilor din Africa de Sud, Baden-Powell a reu\xc8\x99it s\xc4\x83 apere cu succes ora\xc8\x99ul Mafeking. C\xc3\xa2teva din c\xc4\x83r\xc8\x9bile sale militare, scrise \xc3\xaen scopul preg\xc4\x83tirii militarilor pentru misiuni de recunoa\xc8\x99tere \xc3\xaen perioada african\xc4\x83, erau citite \xc8\x99i de copii. Pe baza acestor prime c\xc4\x83r\xc8\x9bi, el a scris Scouting for Boys, carte publicat\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen 1908 de c\xc4\x83tre Pearson, dedicat\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen special tinerilor. \xc3\x8en timp ce scria, \xc8\x99i-a testat ideile \xc3\xaentr-o excursie cu cortul \xc3\xaen Insula Brownsea cu Brigada de B\xc4\x83ie\xc8\x9bi local\xc4\x83 \xc8\x99i cu copiii prietenilor lui, excursie \xc3\xaenceput\xc4\x83 la 1 august 1907 \xc8\x99i considerat\xc4\x83 a fi \xc3\xaenceputul Mi\xc8\x99c\xc4\x83rii Cerceta\xc8\x99ilor._NEWLINE_Dup\xc4\x83 c\xc4\x83s\xc4\x83toria cu Olave St Clair Soames, Baden-Powell, sora, Agnes Baden-Powell, \xc8\x99i so\xc8\x9bia sa au \xc3\xaendrumat activ Mi\xc8\x99carea Cerceta\xc8\x99ilor \xc8\x99i cea a Ghidelor (Cerceta\xc8\x99elor). Baden-Powell \xc8\x99i-a petrecut ultimii ani ai vie\xc8\x9bii la Nyeri, Kenya, unde a murit \xc8\x99i a fost \xc3\xaenmorm\xc3\xa2ntat \xc3\xaen 1941.'