Baden Baden-Powell

Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell , FS , FRAS , FRMetS (* May 22, 1860 - October 3, 1937 ) was a British officer and pioneer in military aviation and temporarily President of the Royal Aeronautical Society .

family

Baden Baden-Powell was the youngest son of Reverend B. Baden-Powell, who was Professor of Geometry at Oxford University . His father died shortly after he was born. His mother Henrietta Grace Smyth was the third wife of Baden-Powell, who was previously twice widowed, and is considered a talented musician and artist. His total of nine siblings include Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , the founder of the worldwide scout movement , and Agnes Baden-Powell , the first world leader of the girl scouts after their founding in 1910. He is considered to be the one who supported his siblings suggested including flight-related activities in the work of the scouts.

Military and political career

Baden Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1882 to 1902 and rose to the rank of major . He took part in the Second Boer War and was one of the first to recognize the importance of barbed wire in military conflicts. Barbed wire barriers had been used by the British during this conflict to restrict the Boers' freedom of movement . No less than 3,700 miles had been built by the British in the course of the war. The cost of this system, with which the British finally the Veld brought under their control, amounted to 300,000 pounds , only a fraction of the British war cost of more than 200 million pounds. As early as 1903, shortly after the end of the conflict, Baden-Powell stated foresight:

"Barbed wire can be seen as a significant development in modern warfare and it is very likely that it will be used extensively in future wars."

After the end of his active military career, Baden-Powell was first chairman and then later District Commissioner of a London borough, then District Commissioner of the Sevenoaks District Cent between 1918 and 1935 and Headquarters Commissioner for Aviation from 1923 until his death.

Web links

Biography on pinetreeweb
The Engines of Our Ingenuity No. 1233: Baden Baden-Powell (English)
Pictures of the High Flying Competition of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1903 (English / German)
Construction plan Baden-Powell Manlifter (English / German)

Single receipts

^ Reviel Netz : Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 , p. 93
^ Reviel Netz: Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 . P. 66.
↑ quoted from Reviel Netz: Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 . S. 93. The original quote is: Barbed wire may be considered as an important innovation in modern warfare, and is likely to be largely employed in future wars .

personal data
SURNAME	Baden-Powell, Baden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British officer and military aviation pioneer and temporarily President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1860
DATE OF DEATH	October 3, 1937

[1] Reviel Netz : Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 , p. 93

[2] Reviel Netz: Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 . P. 66.

[3] quoted from Reviel Netz: Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2004, ISBN 978-0-8195-6959-2 . S. 93. The original quote is: Barbed wire may be considered as an important innovation in modern warfare, and is likely to be largely employed in future wars .