# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-laing
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:44:12.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-laing"
name: "Samuel Laing"
slug: "samuel-laing"
description: "Samuel Laing was a British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion during the Victorian era."
tagline: "British politician (1812-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pieter_Van_Havermaet_-_Portrait_of_Samuel_Laing%2C_Chairman%2C_London_Brighton_%26_South_Coast_Railway.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-12-12"
deathDate: "1897-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.58
  momentum:             1
  historical:           3.939021333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "سامويل لاينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(Politiker)"
    title: "Samuel Laing (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(science_writer)"
    title: "Samuel Laing (science writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(1812-1897)"
    title: "Samuel Laing (1812-1897)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump