Samuel Laing

Samuel Laing

Samuel Laing may refer to either:

*Samuel Laing (travel writer) (1780-1868), author of books on Scandinavia and Germany.

*Samuel Laing (science writer) (1812-1897), son of the above, a businessman, politician and writer on modern science.


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