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See also:SMILES, See also:SAMUEL (1812-1904) , See also:British author, was See also:born at See also:Haddington, See also:Scotland, on the 23rd of See also:December 1812. He was the eldest of eleven See also:children See also:left, on their See also:father's See also:death, to be supported by their See also:mother on slender means. To her spirit and example must be attributed some of the See also:enthusiasm for self-reliance and self-See also:education, that was later embodied in Dr Smiles's writings and led to their popularity and See also:influence. Educated at the Haddington See also:Grammar School and at See also:Edinburgh University, where he studied See also:medicine and graduated in 1832, Smiles tried, unsuccessfully, to practise in his native See also:village among 3000 healthy Scotsmen and in competition with seven
other doctors. He added to his income by lecturing on See also:chemistry and by See also:writing for the See also:press, and, finally abandoning the medical profession, he confined himself to journalism, and from 1838 till 1844 edited the weekly See also:Leeds Times. Though he gave up See also:regular journalism in 1844, he continued to be a frequent contributor to See also:periodicals. From 1845 till 1854 he was secretary of the Leeds and See also:Thirsk railway, and from 1854 till 1866 of the See also:South Eastern railway. During his See also:residence in Leeds he had opportunities of studying the characters of the remarkable men whose See also:biographies he afterwards wrote. Here he came in contact with See also:George See also:Stephenson, whose See also:Life by him, published in 1857, passed through five See also:editions in its first See also:year and was the precursor of a See also:series of biographies of leaders in the See also:world of See also:industry, such as Dives of the See also:Engineers (3 vols., 1861–1862), See also:Industrial See also:Biography (1863), See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Brindley and the See also:Early Engineers (1864), Lives of See also:Boulton and See also:Watt (1865), Life of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Telford (1867), The Life of a Scotch Naturalist (Thomas See also:Edward) (1876), See also:Robert See also:Dick (1878), George See also:Moore (1878), Men of Invention and Industry (1884), Life and Labour (1887), A Publisher and his See also:Friends (a See also:history of the See also:house of See also:John See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray) (1891), See also:Jasmin (1891), See also:Josiah See also:Wedgwood (1894).- In 1859 had appeared his most successful See also:book, Self-Help, a See also:volume of popular See also:ethics; 20,000 copies were sold the first year, and by 1889 the sales had reached 15o,000 copies, while the book had been translated into 17 See also:languages. Its success suggested others of similar purpose, like See also:Character (1871), See also:Thrift (1875), See also:Duty (188o). Smiles also published two See also:works dealing with the history of the See also:Huguenots and a History of See also:Ireland. His works are not only admirable for their See also:simple and yet forcible See also:style, but for the many useful and See also:practical lessons which they enforce. Wholesome and stimulating, their whole tendency is to inculcate See also:sound principles of life and the See also:building up of manly and upright character. Dr Smiles was made hon. LL.D. of. Edinburgh University in 1878, and in 1897 received from the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Servia the See also:Cross of See also:Knight See also:Commander of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order of St Sava, He died in See also:Kensington in his ninety-second year, on the 16th of See also:April 1904.
His Autobiography was edited (1905) by T. See also:Mackay.
End of Article: SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904)
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