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Baden Powell, MA, FRS, FRGS (22 August 1796 – 11 June 1860)〔GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1860 1a 38 KENSINGTON - Baden Powell, age unknown〕 was an English mathematician and Church of England priest. He was also prominent as a liberal theologian who put forward advanced ideas about evolution. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860. Powell married three times, and had fourteen children in total. ==Family== Powell's first marriage on 21 July 1821 to Eliza Rivaz (died 13 March 1836) was childless. His second marriage on 27 September 1837 to Charlotte Pope (died 14 October 1844) produced one son and three daughters: * Charlotte Elizabeth Powell, (14 September 1838–20 October 1917) * Baden Henry Powell, (23 August 1841–2 January 1901) * Louisa Ann Powell, (18 March 1843–1 August 1896) * Laetitia Mary Powell, (4 June 1844–2 September 1865) His third marriage on 10 March 1846 (at St Luke's Church, Chelsea) to Henrietta Grace Smyth (3 September 1824–13 October 1914), a daughter of Admiral Smyth, produced seven sons and three daughters: * Henry Warington Smyth Powell, (3 February 1847–24 April 1921), a naval officer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a King's Councillor * George Smyth Powell, (24 December 1847–20 November 1898), a Conservative MP (1885 – 1898) * Augustus Smyth Powell (1849–1863) * Francis (Frank) Smyth Powell (29 July 1850– 25 December 1933),〔B-P's diary transcribed by Colin Walker〕 an artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts * Henrietta Smyth Powell (28 October 1851–9 March 1854) * John Penrose Smyth Powell (21 December 1852–14 December 1855) * Jessie Smyth Powell (25 November 1855–24 July 1856) * Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell, (22 February 1857–8 January 1941), the founder of the Scouting movement * Agnes Smyth Powell, (16 December 1858–2 June 1945), the founder of the Girl Guides * Baden Fletcher Smyth Powell, (22 May 1860–3 October 1937), an aviator and president of the Royal Aeronautical Society Shortly after Powell's death, the remaining children of his third marriage became 'Baden-Powell'; the name was legally changed by Royal Licence on 30 April 1902.〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 159.〕 Baden Henry Powell is often also referred as Baden Henry Baden-Powell.〔(Books of Baden Henry Powell in The Library of Congress )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baden Powell (mathematician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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