James Archer

Male, Deceased Person

1550 – 1620

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Who was James Archer?

James Archer was an Irish member of the Society of Jesus and played a controversial role in the Nine Years War, during the Tudor conquest of his native country. In the final decade of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I he became a leading hate figure in English government propaganda, but his lasting achievement was in the establishment of Irish seminaries in continental Europe as part of the counter reformation.

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Born
1550
Died
Feb 15, 1620

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on July 23, 2013

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