J. S. Wilson

John Skinner Wilson (* 1888, † 1969) was a Scottish pioneer of the Scout Movement.

Life

Wilson was educated at the College and Watson in Glenalmond. He served in 1908 in the Indian police and was Chief Commissioner in Calcutta. In 1917 he became assistant to the Boy Scout troop at the Old Mission Church. As a District Commissioner in 1919 he wanted to bring young Indians to scout units. In 1922, he helped Baden Powell to write the lyrics about Scouting in Indian. In 1923, he became the second Chief of Gilwell Park Camp and remained in that post until 1939. In 1937 he was awarded the Bronze Wolf. He was appointed by Robert Baden -Powell in the Boy Scouts International Bureau, emerged from the later, the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement ( WOSM ). He was honorary president of the WOSM four years.

In 1959 he published the book as an author scouting round the world, a collection of stories and notes and during his travels with scouts from different countries of the world. In Scouting, its nickname was "Belgian ".

Works

• Scouting Round the World. Blandford Press 1959