# Samuel Smiles

> 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. 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.

*Scottish author (1812-1904)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1812-12-23
- **Died:** 1904-04-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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