Surname: Blanchard Forename(s): Samuel Laman b. 15 May 1803. d. 14 February 1845. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and journalist. Alternative signature: “Laman Blanchard.” Unable to attend university
because of his family’s working-class finances. Married Ann Elizabeth Gates in 1823.
Sub-editor of the Monthly Magazine. Editor for the Belle Assemblée, The Constitutional, and several other periodicals. Died a victim of suicide, shortly after his wife’s
death. Biographical information: ODNB. (SP)