Samuel Smiles
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1812
- Died
- 1904
- Works
- 234
Top works
- George Moore
- The diffusion of political knowledge among the working classes
- Duty
- El carácter
- The story of the life of George Stephenson, railway engineer
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 228
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,334x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,267x
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Key facts
- Born
- 23 December 1812, Haddington, East Lothian , Scotland
- Died
- 16 April 1904 (age 91), Kensington , London, England
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Known for
- Biographies and self-help books
- Notable work
- Self-Help
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 23 December 1812
- Died
- 16 April 1904
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Haddington
- Place of death
- Kensington
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Samuel Smiles by Sir George Reid.jpg
Article
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.
Early life and education