John Skinner Wilson
John Skinner Wilson (* 1888 ; † 1969 ) was a Scottish pioneer of the scouting movement .
Life
Wilson trained at Watson College and Glenalmond. He served in the Indian police force in 1908 and was Chief Commissioner in Calcutta . In 1917 he became an assistant scout group at the Old Mission Church. As a District Commissioner, he wanted to bring young Indians to the Boy Scout units in 1919. In 1922 he helped Baden Powell to write his texts on scouting in Indian. In 1923 he was promoted to the second camp boss of Gilwell Park and remained in that post until 1939. In 1937 he received the bronze wolf . He was appointed by Robert Baden-Powell to the Boy Scouts International Bureau , which later became the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). For four years he was honorary president of the WOSM.
In 1959 he published the book Scouting round the world as an author , a collection of stories and notes and during his travels with scouts from different countries of the world. In scouting, his nickname was " Belgian" .
Works
- Scouting Round the World. Blandford Press 1959
Individual evidence
- ^ John Dorman Drummond: But for these men , Verlag WH Allen, 1962, p. 176
- ↑ http://fr.scoutwiki.org/John_Skinner_Wilson
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilson, John Skinner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish trailblazer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1888 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |