James Ussher
Also known as Most Rev. & Rt. Hon. James Ussher, James Usher, Archbishop Ussher
Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 29
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- O Novo Testamento Cronológico
- Biblia Sagrada Cronologica
- Bíblia Sagrada Cronológica
- Irish Articles of Religion
- Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher...
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Phoenix
- Active from
- 1912-04-10
- Active to
- 1996-03-09
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Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to James Ussher, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
James Ussher (or Usher; 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific Irish scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his identification of the genuine letters of the church father, Ignatius of Antioch, and for his chronology that sought to establish the time and date of the creation as "the entrance of the night preceding the 23rd day of October ... the year before Christ 4004"; that is, around 6 pm on 22 October 4004 BC, per the proleptic Julian calendar.
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1581 births1656 deaths16th-century Anglican theologians17th-century Anglican archbishops17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland17th-century Anglican theologians17th-century apocalypticists17th-century biblical scholars17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians17th-century Christian biblical scholars17th-century Church of England bishops
