Laing, Samuel ♂
Education
LL.D. 6.4.1893 (in absentia).
Birth/childhood
Born 12.12.1812 in Edinburgh son of Samuel Laing, Papdale, Orkney.
Career
Studied at Cambridge University - B.A. 1831.
Barrister 1837. M.P. (Liberal) for Wick 1852-1857, 1859-1860, 1865-1868. Orkney and Shetland 1873-1885. [Lawyer, politician]
Publications
Modern Science and modern thought.(London: Chapman & Hall, 1885)
A Modern Zoroastrian.(London: Chapman & Hall, 1894)
Death
Died 6.8.1897.
Sources
- DNB Supp
- F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921) Supp
- Samuel Laing (science writer) in Wikipedia.