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Samuel Laing (1780–1868) from Papdale in Orkney was a Scottish travel writer. He travelled in Scandinavia and northern Germany and published descriptions of these countries. Laing was the first translator of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. Laing's son, also named Samuel Laing, was a railway administrator and important writer on religion and science, and a Liberal member of parliament. Laing's older brother, Malcolm Laing, was a notable historian. The merchant Gilbert Laing Meason was his older brother as well.

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  • Samuel Laing (1780–1868) from Papdale in Orkney was a Scottish travel writer. He travelled in Scandinavia and northern Germany and published descriptions of these countries. Laing was the first translator of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. Laing's son, also named Samuel Laing, was a railway administrator and important writer on religion and science, and a Liberal member of parliament. Laing's older brother, Malcolm Laing, was a notable historian. The merchant Gilbert Laing Meason was his older brother as well. (en)
  • Samuel Laing, född 1780, död 1868, var en skotsk författare. Laing deltog i det spanska kriget 1805-1809 och företog resor i Skandinavien 1834-1838. Hans kritik av de skandinaviska samhällsförhållandena och av unionen bemöttes av Magnus Björnstjerna i On the moral state and political union of Sweden and Norway (1840). Laing besvarade detta arbete. År 1844 utgav han en översättning av Heimskringlan. (sv)
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  • Samuel Laing (1780–1868) from Papdale in Orkney was a Scottish travel writer. He travelled in Scandinavia and northern Germany and published descriptions of these countries. Laing was the first translator of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson. Laing's son, also named Samuel Laing, was a railway administrator and important writer on religion and science, and a Liberal member of parliament. Laing's older brother, Malcolm Laing, was a notable historian. The merchant Gilbert Laing Meason was his older brother as well. (en)
  • Samuel Laing, född 1780, död 1868, var en skotsk författare. Laing deltog i det spanska kriget 1805-1809 och företog resor i Skandinavien 1834-1838. Hans kritik av de skandinaviska samhällsförhållandena och av unionen bemöttes av Magnus Björnstjerna i On the moral state and political union of Sweden and Norway (1840). Laing besvarade detta arbete. År 1844 utgav han en översättning av Heimskringlan. (sv)
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  • Samuel Laing (travel writer) (en)
  • Samuel Laing (sv)
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