John Selden
John Selden was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land".
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- Born in
- Sussex
- Educated at
- The Prebendal SchoolHart Hall
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Trending topics shown first"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."
"Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him."
"Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason."
"The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives."
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1584
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Birth1654
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