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Samuel Smiles

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Born 1812
Died 1904

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  • Cover of: Self-help: ou, Caractère, conduite et perseverance, illustrès à l'aide de biographies

    Cover of edition selfhelpwithillu00smilrich Cover of edition selfhelpwithill00smiluoft Cover of edition selfhelpwithillu0000smil_w3w4 Cover of edition selfhelp00smil First published in 1800 — 58 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of the engineers...

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  • Cover of: Men of invention and industry

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  • Cover of: Industrial biography: iron-workers and tool-makers.

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  • Cover of: Character

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  • Cover of: Thrift.

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  • Cover of: A publisher and his friends.: Memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843.

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  • Cover of: The Huguenots: their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland

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  • Cover of: Duty: with illustrations of courage patience, and endurance.

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  • Cover of: The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer

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  • Cover of: Jasmin, barber, poet, philanthropist

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  • Cover of: The Huguenots in France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes: with memoirs of distinguished Huguenot refugees and a visit to the country of the Vaudois

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  • Cover of: Lives of Boulton and Watt.: Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine.

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  • Cover of: The life of George Stephenson: railway engineer.

    First published in 1859 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The autobiography of Samuel Smiles

    First published in 1905 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Brief biographies.

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  • Cover of: Life Of A Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward

    First published in 1877 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S.: his personal history

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  • Cover of: The Huguenots; their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland.

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    First published in 1897 — 5 editions
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We need a photo of Samuel Smiles

Born 1812
Died 1904

Subjects

Conduct of life, Biography, History, Engineers, Railroads, Huguenots, Conduct of life., Locomotives, Character, Industrial arts, Naturalists, Description and travel, Engineering, Roads, Saving and investment, Wedgwood ware, Home, Inventors, Iron industry and trade, Saving and thrift, Waldenses, Huguenots in England, Huguenots in Ireland, Industrial arts, biography, Merchants

Places

Great Britain, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Banffshire, United States, Dauphiné (France), America, Banff (Comté), Dauphine (France), Dauphiné, Écosse

People

George Stephenson (1781-1848), Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), Thomas Edward, Thomas Edward (1814-1886), George Moore (1806-1876), Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), Robert Dick (1811-1866), Samuel Smiles (1812-1904), James Watt (1736-1819), John Murray (1778-1843), Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), Thomas Telford, Dud Dudley, Friedrich Koenig, Jacques Jasmin, James Brindley, James Nasmyth (1808-1890), Jasmin (1798-1864), John Harrison (1693-1776), John Metcalf (1717-1810), John Metcalfe (1717-1810), John Murray, John Murray (1745-1793), John Rennie, John Rennie (1761-1821)

Time

19th century, 1172-, 18th-19th century Britain.

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Alternative names

  • Samuel SMILES
  • SAMUEL. SMILES
  • SAMUEL SMILES
  • Samuel, Smiles

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
December 7, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import