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Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American writer, essayist, journalist, and professor. Born in Pound in 1883, he began his work period in 1928 and continued until 1970. His notable work includes the book *Think and Grow Rich*. He wrote in the English language, producing works in the genres of non-fiction literature, how-to, treatise, and self-help.
Hill died in Greenville in 1970 from natural causes. The Napoleon Hill Foundation is associated with his author name. Other works attributed to him or the foundation include *Piensa y seras rico*, *Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking*, *Think and Grow Through Art and Music*, *The Napoleon Hill Mastery Course*, and *Napoleon Hill's Your Millionaire Mindset*.
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It sits within the topics 1883 births, 1970 deaths and 20th-century American writers.
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- Piensa y seras rico
- Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking
- Think and Grow Through Art and Music
- The Napoleon Hill Mastery Course
- Napoleon Hill's Your Millionaire Mindset
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- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pound
- Place of death
- Greenville
- Occupation
- jurist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- self-help
- Official website
- naphill.org
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- Napoleon Hill headshot.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1883-10-26
- date of death
- 1970-11-08
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- Napoleon Hill
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Oliver Napoleon Hill
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- short name
- Napoleon Hill
- end of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Oliver Napoleon Hill
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Encyclopedic overview
Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books are promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success".
Hill is a controversial figure. Having had a history of criminal charges and fraud accusations, historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney.
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