Samuel Laing

Writer, Author

1780 – 1868

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Who was Samuel Laing?

Samuel Laing from Papdale in Orkney was a Scottish travel writer. He travelled in Scandinavia and northern Germany and published descriptions of these countries.

Laing's son, also named Samuel Laing, was a railway administrator and important writer on religion and science, and a Liberal Member of Parliament.

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Born
1780
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Died
1868

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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