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John Selden Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: Dec 16, 1584
  • Died: Nov 30, 1654

John Selden was an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath showing true intellectual depth and breadth; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."

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