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Smiles, Samuel, (1812-1904), biographer and didact

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Surname: Smiles
Forenames: Samuel
Gender: Male
Date: 1812-1904
Biography: ODNB link for Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904), biographer and didact
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P134178 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26396 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Samuel Smiles
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
SS
NRA 25959
2
1857-1886: misc corresp and copy of'Life of a Scotch Naturalist'
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9655-9994, 10779-10994 Passim
3
1782-1992: domestic and literary papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 71070-93
See Annual Return 1992
4
1852-1896: letters (17) to several recipients
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
SC-Acc-2018-0140
See Annual Return 2018
5
1870: mss of 'The Life of George Moore'
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
COLL MISC 0205
NRA 28876 BLPES misc
6
1894: mss of 'Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S. His personal history' etc
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
COLL MISC 0206
7
1871: mss of novel 'Character'
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
COLL MISC 0207
8
1841-63: letters (16) from Richard Cobden
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See HMC visit, JRS 1992