Frederick Russell Burnham
American scout
Frederick Russell Burnham DSO was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell in... Wikipedia
Born: May 11, 1861, Minnesota
Died: September 1, 1947 (age 86 years), Santa Barbara, CA
Parents: Edwin Otway Burnham
Grandchild: Frederick Russell Burnham II
Siblings: Howard Burnham
Nickname(s): : The King of Scouts; He-who-sees-in-the-dark;