Background
He was born in San Juan de Nicaragua (formerly known as Greytown) to Cornelius and Margaret Harrison.
He was born in San Juan de Nicaragua (formerly known as Greytown) to Cornelius and Margaret Harrison.
When he was young, the family relocated to Bluefields, Nicaragua where he attended school.
In 1916, he was asked by Aubry Campbell Ingram to write a letter to the Boy Scouts of America, who helped him start the first Scout troop in Nicaragua, called Moravian Uno. In 1942, the Nicaraguan Scout groups formed the Federación Nacional de Boy Scouts de Nicaragua, which was recognized by the government in the same year. In the 1950s, the federation changed its name to Asociación de Scouts de Nicaragua.
The federation became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1946.