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Ussher (James)
- 1581–1656
- authors, scholars
- Ard Macha
Anglican archbishop of Armagh known for his scholarship on a variety of subjects, including history and theology
Ussher, James, The whole works of James Ussher, ed. Charles Richard Elrington, 18 vols, vol. 4, Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1864.
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Ussher, James, The whole works of James Ussher, ed. Charles Richard Elrington, 18 vols, vol. 6: Brittanicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates, caput XIV-XVII, Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1847.
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Ussher, James, The whole works of James Ussher, ed. Charles Richard Elrington, 18 vols, vol. 5: Brittanicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates, caput I-XIII, Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1847.
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Ussher, James, The whole works of James Ussher, ed. Charles Richard Elrington, 18 vols, Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1847.
Ussher, James, and Charles Vallancey [ed.], “No. II (2). Of the original and first institution of corbes, erenachs, and termon lands, written by James Usher, afterwards arcbishop of Armagh, anno 1609”, in: Charles Vallancey [ed.] (ed.), Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis, 6 vols, vol. 1, 2nd ed., Dublin: Luke White, 1786. 179–207.
Ussher, James, Britannicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates: quibus inserta est pestiferae adversus Dei gratiam a Pelagio Britanno in ecclesiam inductae haereseos historia, Dublin, 1639.
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Ussher, James, Veterum epistolarum Hibernicarum sylloge, Dublin, Paris, 1632.
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See also: Thomas Allen [mathematician]Allen (Thomas) ... mathematician
(1540/1542?–1632)
English mathematician and antiquary.
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Armagh
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(1593–1675)
Thomas Arthur FitzWilliam
Limerick physician educated at Bordeaux and a Catholic with an interest in devotional literature. One of his better known patients was bishop James Ussher, who at one time appears to have lent him a manuscript of the so-called Kilkenny recension of Latin lives of Irish saints. A manuscript of transcripts by Thomas is still extant.
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(1563/4–1641)
English antiquary and author. He was appointed commissioner to investigate and settle disputes over estates in Ireland and visited Ireland on three occasions, the first one in 1617. It may have been during one of these visits that Spelman acquired the Irish manuscript now known as BL MS Harley 5280. Spelman was member of the College of Antiquaries and his contacts included James Ussher.
See more James WareWare (James)
(d. 1666)
(Sir) James Ware, Irish scholar, historian and antiquarian
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(1540/1542?–1632)
English mathematician and antiquary.
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Armagh
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See more Thomas ArthurArthur (Thomas)
(1593–1675)
Thomas Arthur FitzWilliam
Limerick physician educated at Bordeaux and a Catholic with an interest in devotional literature. One of his better known patients was bishop James Ussher, who at one time appears to have lent him a manuscript of the so-called Kilkenny recension of Latin lives of Irish saints. A manuscript of transcripts by Thomas is still extant.
See more Henry SpelmanSpelman (Henry)
(1563/4–1641)
English antiquary and author. He was appointed commissioner to investigate and settle disputes over estates in Ireland and visited Ireland on three occasions, the first one in 1617. It may have been during one of these visits that Spelman acquired the Irish manuscript now known as BL MS Harley 5280. Spelman was member of the College of Antiquaries and his contacts included James Ussher.
See more James WareWare (James)
(d. 1666)
(Sir) James Ware, Irish scholar, historian and antiquarian
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Reference works
McGuire, James [ed.], and James Quinn [ed.], Dictionary of Irish biography, online ed., Online: Royal Irish Academy, Cambridge University Press, 2009–present. URL: <https://www.dib.ie>.
McCafferty (John) [id. 008774.v1. ‘Ussher, James’] direct link
Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>.
comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.
Ford (Alan) [id. 28034. ‘Ussher, James (1581–1656)’] direct link
Ford, Alan, “Ussher, James (1581–1656)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2009–.
Boran, Elizabethanne, “Ussher and the collection of manuscripts in early modern Europe”, in: Jason Harris, and Keith Sidwell (eds), Making Ireland Roman: Irish Neo-Latin writers and the republic of letters, Cork: Cork University Press, 2009. 176–194.
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