1812 - 1904
Samuel Smiles Scottish Writer
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| First Name |
Samuel
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| Last Name |
Smiles
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| Birthday |
23rd December, 1812
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| Birthplace |
High Street, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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| Died |
16th April, 1904
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| Place of Death |
Kensington, London, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.
