Donald Ferlys Wilson Baden-Powell

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Donald Ferlys Wilson Baden-Powell (5 October 1897 - 1973), son of Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell, was a geologist who taught geology and palaeolithic archaeology at the University of Oxford.

He was educated in 1917 at Oriel College, University of Oxford, later attaining a Masters of Arts (1925) and Bachelor of Science (1926) at the same university.

He married Muriel Jane Thomson Duncan on 25 October 1924 and they had two sons, David Duncan Baden-Powell (1926-1939) and Francis Robert Baden-Powell (b. 16 September 1929). Francis established in 1975 the Donald Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre in Oxford.