Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (pronounced: smeils ) (born December 23, 1812 in Haddington , East Lothian Scotland , † April 16, 1904 in Kensington ) was a Scottish writer and reformer.

Life

Smiles was a son (he had ten siblings) of the paper miller Samuel Smiles and his wife Janet Wilson. The Smiles family was very religious, his paternal grandfather belonged as a preacher to the Cameronians (→ Presbyterianism ), a group close to the Covenanters , and his father saw himself as an anti-Burgher .

Smiles attended Patrick Hardie's School in his hometown and joined Dr. Lewins for a medical internship. When a colleague of Lewins settled in Leith three years later , Smiles went with him. That same year (November 1829) Smiles enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. The later doctor and author John Brown (1810-1882) was his fellow student there. On November 6, 1832, Smiles received his license to practice medicine and went back to his hometown as a doctor.

During his studies, Smiles wrote smaller texts, all of which remained unpublished. As a doctor in Haddington, he wrote Physical Education, or, The Nurture and Management of Children and had 750 copies printed at his own expense in 1837.

In May 1838, Smiles gave up his practice to take over the editing of the Leeds Times . From 1845 to 1860 he was secretary of various railways. Since then he has lived as a privateer in London . Some of his writings became very popular.

On April 16, 1904, Samuel Smiles died in Kensington and found his final resting place in Brompton Cemetery .

Works (selection)

Self-help
  • Self-help in life images and character traits, transferred by Josef M. Boyes . Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe, 1866. 469 pages.
  • Help yourself! Kolberg: Jancke, 1872–1877. 396 pages.
  • Himself is the man. Kolberg: Post, 1886- [1902]. 419–478 pages.
  • The way to success through your own strength. Heidelberg: Eiß, 1890. 322 pages.
  • Self-help , transferred from David Haek . Leipzig: Reclam, [1894] -1920. 326 pages
  • Self-help , [transferred from F. Dobbert]. Halle: Otto Hendel, [1894]. 388 pages.
Character
  • The character , translated by Fr. Steger. Leipzig: Reclam, 1874- [1892]. 322 pages.
  • The character. Heidelberg: Weiss, 1895.
  • The character , transferred by Heinrich Schmidt . Leipzig and Stuttgart: Kröner, [approx. 1910] -1948. 211-243 pages.
  • Character transferred from F. Dobbert. Berlin: Hendel, [1894-1920]. 334 pages.
  • Character makes people. (Excerpts from Character. ) Basel: Riggenbach, [1954]. 70 pages.
Thrift
  • Thrift (= Hendel books 898/902), transmitted by F. Dobbert. Berlin: Hendel, [1875-1913]. 359 pages.
  • Thrift, translated by Moritz Busch . Leipzig: Weber, 1876–1890. 629 pages.
  • Thrift, translated by Paul Seliger . Leipzig: Ph. Reclam, [1908]. 413 pages.
George Moore, Merchant and Philanthropist
  • Georg Moore , a merchant and philanthropist, translated by A. Daniel. Gotha: Perthes, 1882.
Duty
  • Duty , transferred by F. Dobbert. Berlin: Hendel, [1880-1894]. 388-392 pages.
  • Duty, translated by C. Pelz. Leipzig: Weber, 1882. 727 pages.
  • The duty , transferred by H. Th. Kühne. Leipzig: Reclam, [1896]. 414 pages.
Life and labor
  • Life and work. Leipzig: Weber, 1889. 778 pages.

literature

  • Oskar Altenburg: Pedagogical considerations on Samuel Smiles' "Help yourself" . In: German sheets for educational teaching , vol. 4 (1877), booklet 7, pp. 97-101.
  • Anthony Cooke: Samuel Smiles and the ideology of self help . In: Balázs Németh (ed.): Ethics, ideals, and ideologies in the history of adult education (studies on pedagogy, andragogy and gerontagogy; vol. 53). Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2002, ISBN 3-631-38561-7 , pp. 135-143.
  • Adrian Jarvis: Samuel Smiles and the construction of Victorian values . Sutton Books, Stroud, Gloucestershire 1997, ISBN 0-7509-1128-X .
  • HC Matthew: Samuel Smiles . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Dictionary , Vol. 50 . University PRess, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861400-4 , SS 1001-1004.
  • Aileen Smiles: Samuel Smiles and his surroundings . Self-published, Hale 1956.
  • Michael D. Stephens: Samuel Smiles and 19th century self-help in education (Nottingham studies in the history of adult education; Vol. 1). University Press, Nottingham 1983, ISBN 0-902031-86-4 .
  • Timothy H. Travers: Samuel Smiles and the Victorian work ethic, the rise and decline of the ideal of self-help. 1830-1890 . Dissertation, Yale University 1971.
  • John Hunter: The spirit of self-help: the life of Samuel Smiles , London: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, 2017 [© 2017], ISBN 978-0-85683-512-4

Web links

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Wikisource: Journal Article from 1890  - Sources and Full Texts
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personal data
SURNAME Smiles, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish moral writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Haddington (Scotland)
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1904
Place of death Kensington