Ussher
James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh born in Dublin, Ireland and
educated at Trinity College in Dublin. He was an ordained priest and esteemed for
his goodness and sincerity. He was held in respect by all classes, by the
Puritans for his Calvanistic theology, by the churchmen for his reverence for
antiquity and tradition, and by the royalists for his devotion for the king.
He wrote "Annals of the Old and New Testament" which forms the basis of the
Biblical chronology in the King James Version of the Bible, and he wrote many
other historical works.