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James Ussher

1581 - 1656

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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... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Ussher has received more than 562,467 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). James Ussher is the 297th most popular philosopher (up from 566th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 60th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Philosopher.

James Ussher was a protestant bishop in Ireland who is most famous for his chronology of the world. He calculated that the world was created on October 23, 4004 BC.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, James Ussher ranks 297 out of 1,267. Before him are Crates of Thebes, Roscellinus, Alain Badiou, Thomas Carlyle, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, and Alexander of Aphrodisias. After him are Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, Sebastian Brant, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, James Ussher ranks 4. Before him are Vincent de Paul, False Dmitry I, and Domenichino. After him are Peter Claver, Bernardo Strozzi, Hendrik Brouwer, Giulia Tofana, Frans Francken the Younger, Hedwig of Denmark, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. Among people deceased in 1656, James Ussher ranks 3. Before him are John IV of Portugal, and Gerard van Honthorst. After him are Jan van Goyen, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Piccolomini, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Andrea Falconieri, Dirck Hals, Thomas Fincke, and Laurent de La Hyre.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Ussher ranks 27 out of 549. Before him are Michael D. Higgins (1941), Laurence Sterne (1713), Enya (1961), Lola Montez (1821), Michael Collins (1890), and Ernest Shackleton (1874). After him are Cillian Murphy (1976), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Iris Murdoch (1919), Bono (1960), Bertie Ahern (1951), and Gabriel Byrne (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ireland

Among philosophers born in Ireland, James Ussher ranks 3. Before him are George Berkeley (1685), and John Scotus Eriugena (810). After him are John Toland (1670), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), William Thompson (1775), and Philip Pettit (1945).

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