Samuel Smiles
British author
Samuel Smiles 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. Wikipedia
Born: December 23, 1812, Haddington, United Kingdom
Died: April 16, 1904 (age 91 years), Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Janet Wilson and Samuel Smiles
Education: The University of Edinburgh
Grandchildren: Walter Smiles and Philip Smiles
Children: William Holmes Smiles
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