James Ussher
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1581 – 1656
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Who was James Ussher?
James Ussher was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar, who most famously published a chronology that purported to establish the time and date of the creation as the night preceding Sunday, 23 October 4004 BC, according to the proleptic Julian calendar.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1581
Dublin - Also known as
- James, Bishop Ussher
- James Usher
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Mar 21, 1656
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on July 23, 2013
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