[Samuel Henri]. French author, born at Cambrai on the 19th of January 1804; died at Paris on the 26th of March 1891. He contributed much to newspapers and magazines, among the latter to the Revue des Deux Mondes; he began in 1831 his collection of Chroniques et Traditions Surnaturelles de la Flandre; in 1832 he went from Cambrai to Paris and entered upon a brilliant career. He became an officer of the Legion of Honor. Among his numerous published works are l’Honnête Homme; Daniel; El-Hioudi; Fantaisies Scientifiques, published over his pseudonym, “Sam”; and La France Historique, Industrielle et Pittoresque.
