FAMOUS FOUNDERS
Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908
“General” William Booth founded the Salvation Army, in 1978
John Wesley founder of the “Methodist” church.
Sir George Williams founder of the Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A)
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science religion
St Benedict founder of the Order of Benedictine Monks
Jeremy Bentham founder of the Utilitarian school of philosophy
Professor Alfred Adler founder of the school of Individual Psychology
Confucius founder of Chinese Philosophy
Dr. Sun Yat Sen founder of the Chinese Republic
William Penn founder of Pennsylvania, in 1682
Sir Thomas Raffles founded Singapore in 1819
Diego Velasquez founded Santiago and Havana
Dr. Thomas John Barnado founded the homes for orphans-waifs, which bear his name
Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel founder of the Kindergarten system of education
Sir Isaac Pitman found the Pitman system of Shorthand
Sir Francis Galton founded the study of Eugenics
Friedrich Anton Mesmer founded the system of Mesmerism
Alfred Krupp founded the great gun factories at Essen, Germany, which is the largest in the world
Joseph Smith founder of the religious sect called Mormons.
Sir William Smith founded the Boys’ Brigade in 1883