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Samuel Smiles

Scottish writer and journalist (1812-1904)
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Samuel Smiles
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
December 23, 1812
Date of death
April 16, 1904
Place of birth
Haddington
Place of death
Kensington
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[14]
Ethnic group
Scottish people[15]
Occupation
writer, journalist, biographer, philosopher, physician
Educated at
University of Edinburgh[16]
Father
Samuel Smiles[11]
Mother
Janet Wilson[12]
Child
William Holmes Smiles[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Depicted by
Samuel Smiles, Samuel Smiles, 1812 - 1904. Author and reformer[20][21]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, second supplement, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Family name
Smiles[18]
Given name
Samuel[19]
Place of burial
Brompton Cemetery[10]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Samuel Smiles ar صموئيل سمايلز fa ساموئل اسمایلز he סמואל סמיילס ja サミュエル・スマイルズ ko 새무얼 스마일즈 ru Смайлс ru Смайлс, Сэмюэл ru Сэмюэл Смайлс uk Семюел Смайлз zh 塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯
🔖 Identifiers · 107
ISNI
000000012096514X
VIAF cluster ID
84074173
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50012599
GND ID
119404354
Academy of Athens authority ID
18412
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
smiles-samuel-1812-1904-author
At the Circulating Library ID
6157
BHL creator ID
18034
BIBSYS ID
90060159
BNMM authority ID
000048715
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120601437
BookBrainz author ID
39e11f4d-2f43-4284-964f-64cb0d05216a
Show all 107 identifiers +95
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
smiles-samuel
CANTIC ID
981058523598506706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01429105
CONOR.BG ID
54762853
CONOR.SI ID
151922787
CONOR.SR ID
19760231
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10089623
DBNL author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
119404354
Darwin Correspondence ID
4390
Databazeknih.cz author ID
79042
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119404354
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
31751
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Samuel-Smiles
Evene ID
samuel-smiles-5408
FAST ID
3806
FES digital collections entity ID
422389
Fandom article ID
historica:Samuel_Smiles
Find a Grave memorial ID
9067020
Freebase ID
/m/0159c0
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
363
Genealogics.org person ID
I00566346
Geni profile ID
6000000013424740811
Goodreads author ID
94528
Grace's Guide ID
Samuel_Smiles
Harper's tag
samuel-smiles
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
56781
IdRef ID
028851285
J9U entity ID
987007300206005171
Japan Search name ID
サミュエル・スマイルズ
KBR person ID
14168155
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119404354
Kallías ID
PE00072360
LBT person ID
SaSmile1904
LIMIS person ID
150000026225393
Lebanese National Library ID
6029
Libraries Australia ID
35505065
LibriVox author ID
938
Museo Galileo authority ID
192321
NBM authority ID
15098
NDL Authority ID
00456858
NL CR AUT ID
jn20010420002
NLA Trove people ID
977483
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-330667
NSK (VIAF) ID
000016542
NSK ID
981005678291009366
NUKAT ID
n01105300
National Library of Brazil ID
000866147
National Library of Chile ID
000049594
National Library of Greece ID
117507
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000102476
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000209775
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199625608
National Library of Latvia ID
000101664
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*353659;=BR
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810663163505606
National Library of Portugal ID
116427
National Library of Russia ID
7776646
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX882627
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp04138
National Virtual Library of India ID
173510, 690089
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072383739
Obálky knih ID
jn20010420002
Online Books Page author ID
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
Open Library ID
OL310603A
Open Plaques subject ID
510
OpenMLOL author ID
19710
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
36125
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100512358
PUG authority ID
48356
Parsifal cluster ID
296524
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1402219
Project Gutenberg author ID
224
Projekt Gutenberg-DE author ID
smiles
Quora topic ID
Samuel-Smiles
RERO ID (legacy)
A003838536
Rekhta Gujarati author ID
samuel-smiles
Rekhta author ID
samuel-smiles
SBN author ID
UFIV050291
SHARE Catalogue author ID
7153
SNAC ARK ID
w6wm2538
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
4107
Topic's main category
Category:Samuel Smiles
Treccani ID
samuel-smiles
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
samuel-smiles
UK National Archives ID
F40054
Union List of Artist Names ID
500228150
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058523598506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1255665
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11233405
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/261827
Wellcome Collection concept ID
rawka2vg
WikiTree person ID
Smiles-113
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcwFCfBmkPmTmJvwWcByd
Yale LUX ID
person/e0a55507-e1c7-462b-a95a-75ae41ad39e2

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Occupation 4
writer, journalist, philosopher, biographer
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Educated at 1
University of Edinburgh
Given name 1
Samuel
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Haddington
Place of burial 1
Brompton Cemetery
Place of death 1
Kensington
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Self-Help
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Samuel Smiles was born on December 23, 1812[1], in Haddington[2]. He died on April 16, 1904[3], in Kensington[4]. He worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], biographer[7], philosopher[8], and physician[9].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Samuel Smiles include Self-Help[30], a written work[31].

FAQs

Where was Samuel Smiles born?

Samuel Smiles's place of birth was Haddington[2].

Where did Samuel Smiles die?

Samuel Smiles passed away in Kensington[4].

Who were Samuel Smiles's parents?

Samuel Smiles's father was Samuel Smiles[11]. Samuel Smiles's mother was Janet Wilson[12].

What did Samuel Smiles do for work?

Samuel Smiles worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], biographer[7], philosopher[8], and physician[9].

Where did Samuel Smiles go to school?

Samuel Smiles was educated at University of Edinburgh[16].

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65768: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 20d ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added qualifier: Subject named as: Samuel Smiles, update metadata from fandom API (details)"
  3. 4w ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BookBrainz author ID → 39e11f4d-2f43-4284-964f-64cb0d05216a
    "Created claim: BookBrainz author ID: 39e11f4d-2f43-4284-964f-64cb0d05216a, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791629849434"
  4. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NLB authority ID (Belarus) → SEK-330667
    "Created claim: NLB authority ID (Belarus): SEK-330667, batch #289805"
  5. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    RERO ID (legacy) → A003838536
    Grace's Guide ID → Samuel_Smiles
    National Library of Ireland ID → vtls000102476
    Fandom article ID → historica:Samuel_Smiles
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: samuel-smiles, Matched to samuel smiles (#289957775) in Harper's ta…"
  6. 6w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Scottish writer and journalist (1812-1904)
    "Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  7. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 422389
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 422389, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  8. 24w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → Samuel Smiles (8116935276).jpg
    "Created claim: Plaque image: Samuel Smiles (8116935276).jpg"
  9. 25w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Darwin Correspondence ID → 4390
    "Created claim: Darwin Correspondence ID: 4390, batch #258229"
  10. 25w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, journalist, biographer +1
    At the Circulating Library ID → 6157
    "Created claim: At the Circulating Library ID: 6157, Matched to Samuel Smiles (#174937359) in Circulating Library au…"
  11. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30842: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (1)"
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