<P> Scouting virtually started itself , but the trigger that set it going was the 1908 publication of Scouting for Boys written by Robert Baden - Powell . At Charterhouse , one of England 's most famous public schools , Baden - Powell had an interest in the outdoors . Later , as a military officer , Baden - Powell was stationed in British India in the 1880s where he took an interest in military scouting and in 1884 he published Reconnaissance and Scouting . </P>
<P> Scouting virtually started itself , but the trigger that set it going was the 1908 publication of Scouting for Boys written by Robert Baden - Powell . At Charterhouse , one of England 's most famous public schools , Baden - Powell had an interest in the outdoors . Later , as a military officer , Baden - Powell was stationed in British India in the 1880s where he took an interest in military scouting and in 1884 he published Reconnaissance and Scouting . </P>
who founded the boy scout movement in 1908
who founded the boy scout movement in 1908
Robert Baden - Powell
Robert Baden - Powell