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Arthur de Salins
Birth nameArthur Joseph Marie Guyot d'Asnières de Salins
Born3 December 1857
Auray, France
Died11 August 1936 (1936-08-12) (aged 78)
Carnac, France
AllegianceFrench
RankGeneral
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsSecond Chief Scout of the Scouts de France
Other workOne of the founders of Scouting in France

General Arthur Joseph Marie Guyot d'Asnières de Salins (3 December 1857 - 11 August 1936) was a French military officer of the First World War, known as "the conqueror of Douaumont" in 1916, best known for being one of the founders of Scouting in France along with Jacques Sevin, the canon Cornette, Paul Coze and Édouard de Macedo. He was second Chief Scout of the Scouts de France (created in 1920) from 1922 to his death in 1936.

References

  1. John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 98
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