Artist
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian, born Almonte, Ontario, Canada 1867-died Philadelphia, PA 1938; active USA 1904-1938
- Also known as
- Robert Tait McKenzie
- Tait McKenzie
- Born
- Almonte, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Active in
- Almonte, Ontario, Canada
- Biography
Robert Tait McKenzie was a surgeon, a major in Canada’s Royal Army Medical Corps, and a gymnast who taught physical training at the University of Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, McKenzie became a colleague of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, and McKenzie’s sculpture The Ideal Scout appears at many scout headquarters across the United States.