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Samuel Smiles

1812 - 1904

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Smiles has received more than 358,435 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Smiles is the 2,733rd most popular writer (down from 2,318th in 2019), the 2,073rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,753rd in 2019) and the 235th most popular British Writer.

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  • 52.46

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Smiles ranks 2,733 out of 5,755. Before him are Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Syd Field, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Richard Bandler, Pierre Benoit, and Labīd. After him are Anna Sewell, Pedro Salinas, Tang Xianzu, Ahron Daum, Sogyal Rinpoche, and Gertrud von Le Fort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Samuel Smiles ranks 39. Before him are Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Hendrik Conscience, Filippo Pacini, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Robert Fortune, and Duke Peter of Oldenburg. After him are Hermann von Fehling, Melchora Aquino, Yevhen Hrebinka, Rudolf von Alt, Ignacio Comonfort, and Luigi Carlo Farini. Among people deceased in 1904, Samuel Smiles ranks 53. Before him are Kate Chopin, William Renshaw, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Eugen Schauman, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and George Frederic Watts. After him are Edwin Arnold, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Alexander William Williamson, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Korla Awgust Kocor, and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Smiles ranks 2,073 out of 7,765. Before him are Julian Lennon (1963), Chris Squire (1948), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Angela Carter (1940), William Hudson (1730), and Peter Crouch (1981). After him are Anna Sewell (1820), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Æthelfrith (600), Susannah York (1939), Basil Bernstein (1924), and James Harrington (1611).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Smiles ranks 235. Before him are Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Arnold Bennett (1867), Robert Burton (1577), Max Beerbohm (1872), and Angela Carter (1940). After him are Anna Sewell (1820), John Wyndham (1903), David Gemmell (1948), Walter Pater (1839), Ouida (1839), and Prince Henri of Orléans (1867).

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