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Selden

American  
[sel-duhn] / ˈsɛl dən /

noun

  1. George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.

  2. John, 1584–1654, English historian, Orientalist, and politician.

  3. a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.

Selden British  
/ ˈsɛldən /

noun

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

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Born Robert Selden Duvall in January 1931 in San Diego, California, Duvall was a self-proclaimed "navy brat" due to his father's life-long career in the United States Navy.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 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

The election officials knew Henry Selden, a retired New York judge and Anthony’s ally in the abolition movement, by reputation, and they didn’t know what to do.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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