Orison Swett Marden

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Orison Swett Marden (1911)

Orison Swett Marden (* 1848 in Thornton , New Hampshire , † 1924 ) was an American hotelier and author .

Life

Marden studied at Boston University , where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1877 and graduated with a Master of Arts in 1879 . In the same year he obtained the BO at the School of Oratory . He then attended Boston University Law School. There he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1881 . At Harvard Medical School , he became a Doctor of Medicine in 1882 . After extensive travels, he returned to the States in 1883 and settled in Kearney (Nebraska) . In 1894 he published his first book Pushing to the Front , which was reprinted several times and translated into 25 languages. Numerous other publications followed. In 1897 he founded Success Magazine with a circulation of over 300,000 copies. He was also vice president of The Success Company. In 1905 he married Clara (or Clare) Evans, with whom he had three children.

Works (selection)

  • Pushing to the front. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York 1894 ( online ).
  • Architects of Fate (or, Rising in the World; or, Steps to Success and Power). Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1895 ( online ).
  • How to Succeed (or, Stepping Stones to Fame and Fortune). Christian herald, New York 1896 ( audio version online ).
  • Success (Ideas, Helps and Examples for All Desiring to Make the Most of Life). WA Wilde & Co., Boston 1897 ( online )
  • The Secret of Achievement. TY Crowell & Co., New York 1898.
  • Stepping Stones (Essays for Everyday Living). Lothrop Pub. Co., Boston 1902.
  • Little visits with great Americans, or, Success, ideals, and how to attain them. The Success Company, New York 1905 ( online ).
  • The Making of a Man. Lothrop Pub. Co., Boston 1905.
  • Every Man a King (or, Might over Mind). TY Crowell & Co., New York 1906 ( online ).
  • The Optimistic Life (or, in The Cheering Up Business). TY Crowell & Co., New York 1907 ( online ).
  • He Can Who Thinks He Can. TY Crowell & Co., New York 1908 ( online ).
  • Peace, Power, and Plenty. TY Crowell & Co., New York 1909 ( online ).

Web links

Wikiquote: Orison Swett Marden  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marden, Orison Swett In: Frank R. Holmes (ed.): Who's Who in New York: (City and State). Who's Who Publications, New York 1924. Retrieved from the American Biographical Archive, Part 2, p. 4.
  2. ^ Marden, Orison Swett In: Men of 1914. 20th Century edition. Chicago 1915. Retrieved from the American Biographical Archive, Part 2, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Marden, Orison Swett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hotelier and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Thornton , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH 1924