Thomas Chandler Haliburton Quotes


Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.


Citations

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances. Hurst and Blackett, 1853, p. 219.

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Born: December 17, 1796
  • Died: August 28, 1865
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Author

Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada. He was the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada. In 1856, he emigrated to England, where he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton.