Samuel Smiles
1812 – 1904 · aged 92
Scottish writer and journalist (1812-1904)
- Born
- 23 Dec 1812 · Haddington
- Died
- 16 Apr 1904 · Kensington
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- 23 Dec 1812BornBorn in Haddington
- 16 Apr 1904DiedDied in Kensington
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Major world events during their lifetime (1812 – 1904).
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
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.
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