# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-smiles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:36:51.373Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-smiles"
name: "Samuel Smiles"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Scottish author (1812-1904)"
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birthDate: "1812-12-23"
deathDate: "1904-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump