Count Henri-Marie-Joseph-René Marty | |
Birth Date: | 1887 |
Death Date: | 1945 |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Educator |
Known For: | First Scoutmaster of the in 1911 |
Count Henri-Marie-Joseph-René Marty (1887-1945) was a French educator, first Scoutmaster of the in 1911, one of the first recorded Boy Scout troops in France; International Commissioner of Eclaireurs de France and the French Federal Board, as well as a member of the International Committee from 1922 to 1940. He attended William James' lectures at the University of Chicago.[1]
At his eulogy, National Commissioner André Lefèvre said "Big and strong as a policeman in London, Count Henri Marty listened, without a word, powerful and quiet as a Roman proconsul; and his clear gaze straight ahead, as the motto, filtered through tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses: in a wink you are gauged, tried, baffled. [...] Silver Fox [his Scout name/[[totem]]] was a beautiful kind of man and a great leader.", and that the loss "will be felt by both all the Scouts of France and many French leaders and Scout Movements abroad where he enjoyed a real prestige."[2]