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John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, 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 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land

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