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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."

No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man. learning & wisdom

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