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Scriven is a surname, and may refer to:
- Aubrey Scriven (1904–1939) English professional footballer.
- Augustine Scriven (1852–1916) Anglican priest.
- Charles Scriven (born 1945) Seventh-day Adventist theologian.
- Edward Scriven (1775–1841) English engraver.
- George P. Scriven (1854–1940) Brigadier General and seventh Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army.
- Henry William Scriven (born 1951) English Anglican bishop.
- Herbert Richard "Bert" Scriven (1908–2001) English professional footballer.
- Joseph M. Scriven (1819–1886) Irish poet.
- Margaret Scriven (1912–2001) British tennis player.
- Mary Stenson Scriven (born 1962) United States federal judge.
- Michael Scriven (born 1928) British-born polymath and academic.
- Paul Scriven Baron Scriven (born 1966) British politician.
- Peter Scriven (1930–1998) Founding artistic director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia.
- Tim Scriven (born 1965) British cricket player.
- Thomas Scriven (Blessed) Roman Catholic martyr.
Scriven is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The nearest city is York. From 1947 to 1998 Scriven was part of the Claro Registration District, until this was abolished. It is situated north-west of the A6055 road from Bond End and situated north-east of the B6165 Ripley Road.
Scriven-with-Tentergate was a parish however in modern days it is now known as Scriven due to a boundary change. The name Scriven originally meant "Hollow-place" with pits and could have referred to the quarrying that occurred nearby. Tentergate however contains the derivative "gate", which is the Scandinavian translation for street, and was the place where cloth was stretched for drying.
Usage examples of "scriven".
White Plains man, phoned the warehouse and talked to Scriven, the temporary purchasing agent, to ask what the lab analysis had been on the first box.
He might as well have said aloud that Scriven was not working out in the position, and Jason made a mental note that here was another problem landing in his lap.
She glanced around the room with distaste and a possessive displeasure at the changes Scriven had made in it.
You are much too inclined to find excuses for scrubs, Stephen: you preserved that ill-conditioned brute Scriven from the gallows, nourished him in your bosom, gave him your countenance, and who paid for it?
A thousand words a day, boy, every day for thirty years, no day passed I did not scriven and assault the page.
In order to keep them in play, while he advanced with his main body, Cols. Richardson and Scriven, with a part of Mayham's horse, were dispatched with orders to throw themselves in front of the British, and engage them until he could come up.