Dr. Antonín Benjamin Svojsík (September 5, 1876–September 17, 1938) was the founder of the

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Scouting organization

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. Dr. Svojsík served on the

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of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...

from its creation in 1922 until 1933. When

J. S. Wilson Colonel John Skinner "Belge" Wilson (1888–1969) was a Scottish scouting luminary and friend and contemporary of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, General Baden-Powell, recruited by him to head the International Bureau, later to be ...

visited Czechoslovakia for two weeks in April and May 1947, he laid a wreath on the tomb of Dr. Svojsík.

References

* ''Scouting Round the World'', John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 46 88 162 1876 births 1938 deaths People from Prague People from the Kingdom of Bohemia World Scout Committee members Scouting pioneers Scouting and Guiding in the Czech Republic {{Scout-bio-stub