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Ussher

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Ussh·er  (shr), James 1581-1656.
Irish prelate and scholar who devised a scheme of biblical chronology that placed the Creation in the year 4004 b.c.
Ussher, Usher [ˈʌʃə]
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(Biographies / Ussher, James (1581-1656) M, Irish, RELIGION: clergyman, MISC: scholar) James. 1581-1656, Irish prelate and scholar. His system of biblical chronology, which dated the creation at 4004 bc, was for long accepted
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Noun1.Ussher - Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
James Usher, James Ussher, Usher
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4004 BC: According to 17th-century Archbishop of Armagh James Ussher, this is the day God created the world.
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