Selden
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People
- Anjelica SeldenAnjelica SeldenAnjelica "Jelly" Selden is an African-American, former All-American right-handed softball pitcher from Vacaville, California. She attended Vanden High School from 2001 to 2004...
, an American softballer - Armistead I. Selden
- Brian SeldenBrian SeldenBrian Selden was the winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship.His strategy in the tournament was to use two cards, called Survival of the Fittest and Recurring Nightmare repeatedly...
, winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship - Catherine SeldenCatherine SeldenCatherine Selden was a Gothic novelist of the early 19th century.She wrote seven novels. Her first was The English Nun , written in imitation of Diderot...
, Gothic novelist of the early 19th century - David SeldenDavid SeldenDavid Selden was an American activist who led the American Federation of Teachers from 1968 through 1974.As Director of Organization of the Teachers Guild from 1953, he was a main strategist in the creation of the United Federation of Teachers in 1960 and the winning of collective bargaining in 1961...
- Dudley SeldenDudley SeldenDudley Selden was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He was a son of Joseph Dudley Selden and Ethelinda Colt . He married Mary Augusta Packard , and had a daughter Maria Louisa Selden who married William Rogers Morgan.Selden graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York,...
, member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York - George Selden (author)
- George B. Selden (1846-1922), American inventor
- Henry R. SeldenHenry R. SeldenHenry Rogers Selden was an American lawyer and politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1857 to 1858. He defended Susan B. Anthony in her 1873 trial for unlawfully voting as a woman.-Life:He was the son of Calvin Selden and Phebe Selden...
(1805-1885), New York Lt. Gov. 1857-1858 - John SeldenJohn SeldenJohn Selden was an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law...
(1584-1654), English jurist and scholar - "Lawrence Selden," a character in Edith Wharton's novel, The House of MirthThe House of MirthThe House of Mirth , is a novel by Edith Wharton. First published in 1905, the novel is Wharton's first important work of fiction, sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December, and added to Wharton's existing fortune....
- Samuel L. SeldenSamuel L. SeldenSamuel Lee Selden was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1862.-Life:...
(1800-1876), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1862 - William SeldenWilliam SeldenWilliam Selden served as Treasurer of the United States between July 22, 1839 and Nov 23, 1850, under the administration of six Presidents....
(1831-1850), U.S. Treasurer, who served under six presidents - Selden, character from Conan Doyle's The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an...
Places
In the United States:- Fort SeldenFort SeldenFort Selden was a United States Army post, occupying the area in what is now Radium Springs, New Mexico. Established in 1865 for the purpose of protecting westward settlers from Native American raids, the post fell into disrepair after the American Civil War...
, in New Mexico - Selden, KansasSelden, KansasSelden is a city in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 219.-Geography:Selden is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 201...
- Selden, New YorkSelden, New YorkSelden is a hamlet in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 21,861 at the 2000 census.-Early Settlement:...