biography
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| male
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| (1854–1914)
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| biography:
| Businessman, and founder of the Boys' Brigade, born near Thurso, Highland, N Scotland, UK. An active worker in the Free College Church, Glasgow, and a member of the Lanarkshire Volunteers from 1874, he was well embarked on a successful career in commerce when he began his movement for ‘the advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys’ in 1883. The organization instilled habits of discipline, provided recreation through camps and other pursuits, and was firmly based on Christian principles. By 1897 the movement had spread to every continent. |
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