Family Child
William Holmes Smiles
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1195422 · wikidata
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Samuel Smiles
1812-12-23 – 1904-04-16
Life & Legacy
Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, 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 had lasting effects on British political thought.
Occupation & Career
writer, journalist, biographer, philosopher, physician
Education
University of Edinburgh
Legacy Highlights
Education & Institutions
University of Edinburgh
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Family Father
Samuel Smiles
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1195422 · wikidata
Family Mother
Janet Wilson
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1195422 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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