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Born | Ernest Evan Thompson August 14, 1860 South Shields, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
Died | October 23, 1946 Seton Village, New Mexico, United States | (aged 86)
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Occupation(s) | Author, wildlife artist |
Known for | Founder of the Woodcraft Indians and founding pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America |
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Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson[1] August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement . His writings were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, and the USSR; his notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and the Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the appropriation and incorporation of what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA.
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