Robert Baden Powell

Robert Baden-Powell was the man that started the Scouting movement. Powell spent most of his life serving in the British Calvalry. He earned his millitary training in India, and then served in Africa. He was an officer in a war involving Britain and the Boers in South Africa. He became known world-wide because he defended the town of Mafeking against an army of Boer soldiers.
After the war, Baden Powell went back to England, where he was known as a hero of the Boer War. He wanted to use his fame to help British boys become more like men. He took ideas that he had from his child-hood and from when he was in India and Africa. In 1907 he invited the some boys to the first Boy Scout camp. The camp was a great success, and he decided to write a book. The book he wrote was titled Scouting for Boys. It was also a great sucess. Many boys were buying the book, and Scouting spread around England, and eventually around the world.