Baden-Powell was born Feb. 22, 1857 in London, Arkansas (lol) England. He was a British army officer, but became famous as founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts youth movements. He ran his first camp in 1907. His Scouting for Boys book was issued in 1908 and is since the essence of the movement.
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Elijah Wood was born January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Best known for his portraying of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he also lent his voice to main characters in animated movies such as 9 and Happy Feet. He recorded James Patterson’s Witch and Wizard as audio book with the author in 2009. More recently, he is Ryan Newman in the TV series Wilfred. Ryan sees his neighbor’s dog Wilfred as a grown man instead of the animal that everyone else sees… The Tech Library holds all these items and more. Check the Tech Library collection at http://goo.gl/o5xF6.
Edouard Manet was born in Paris on January 23, 1832. He was a French painter. He was a precursor of the famed impressionist period (late 19th to early 20th centuries). His art was openly rejected at first and it is only in the early 1870s that it was recognized as a new form. He and Monet became friends in 1874. Read about Manet’s life and work on Britannica Academic Edition at http://goo.gl/4bxmE. Learn about Edouard Manet through the books and DVDs the Tech Library holds (http://goo.gl/peLxv).
Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561 in London, England. He was a philosopher, politician, writer, and a founder of modern scientific research. Read more on him on CREDO Reference at http://goo.gl/S1YMR. See what the Tech Library holds by Francis Bacon at http://goo.gl/MjOcj.