"THE DICTATOR OF LEARNING"
TT is good to hear that Worthing is to preserve John Seidell's cottage. It is at Salvington in Sussex, one of Worthing's little neighbours. The small house in this quiet place in which the poet, lawyer, and famous politician was born in 1584 is built of flint and heavy timbers, with a Latin inscription over the door which every villager can translate for us. It was composed by John Selden when he was ten, and it means: Walk in and welcome, honest friend — repose; Thief, get thee gone; lo thee I'll not unclose, John was a farmer's son who lives in the history pf the Commonwealth period. He entered Oxford at 14 and at 18 was a law student at Clifford's
Inn. So wide and various was his knowledge that while he was still young ho was styled "the dictator of learning of the English nation." Ho died wealthy, leaving a magnificent collection of books to the Bodleian Library, and he sleeps in Temple Church A society bears his name and carries on the researches in which he took such great delight.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19381001.2.170.45.11
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
Word Count
186"THE DICTATOR OF LEARNING" New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in