Artist

R. Tait McKenzie

Canadian, born Almonte, Ontario, Canada 1867-died Philadelphia, PA 1938; active USA 1904-1938
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Richard Tait McKenzie, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0119873
Also known as
  • Robert Tait McKenzie
  • Tait McKenzie
Born
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Died
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Nationalities
  • Canadian
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.