John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) 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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birth date
1584-12-16
birth place
Sussex, Salvington
death date
1654-11-30
death place
London, Carmelites
era
17th-century philosophy
influenced
Edmund Burke, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Richard Cumberland (philosopher), Giambattista Vico, Samuel von Pufendorf, William Blackstone, Great Tew
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