Samuel Cockburn

Samuel Cockburn may refer to:

  • Col. Samuel Cockburn (mercenary leader) (1574–1621), Scottish soldier who served in the Swedish army
  • Dr. Samuel Cockburn (physician and homeopath) (1823–1915), outspoken Scottish advocate for homeopathy

Famous quotes containing the words samuel and/or cockburn:

    I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
    —Anonymous. quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Feb. 1776 (1791)

    A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.
    —Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)