Selden

American

[sel-duhn] / ˈsɛl dən /

noun

George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
John, 1584–1654, English historian, Orientalist, and politician.
a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.

Selden British

/ ˈsɛldən /

noun

John. 1584–1654, English antiquary and politician. As a member of Parliament, he was twice imprisoned for opposing the king

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If she could accept reduced circumstances, she would marry for love and choose the intelligent young lawyer, Lawrence Selden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Benjamin Royer is an Angeleno who will graduate in May with a master’s degree in specialized journalism from USC, where he received the Selden Ring Investigative Journalism Fellowship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

"Douglassarachne acanthopoda comes from the famous Mazon Creek locality in Illinois and is about 308 million years old," said lead author Selden.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

South Yorkshire Police said a motorcycle and a VW Golf collided near the McLaren Composites Technology Centre on Selden Way in Rotherham at about 20:30 GMT on Saturday.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2023

I dint even know I beet him until Burt Selden told me.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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