James Ussher 1581-1656
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James USSHER 1580-1656
Biographical Note
Archbishop of Armagh.
Books
His extensive library was purchased after his death by Cromwell and was subsequently given to Trinity College Dublin by Charles II. Listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697 as owning 340 manuscripts.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Ford, Alan. "Ussher, James (1581–1656), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and scholar." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Fox, P. Treasures of the library, Trinity College Dublin, 1986.
- Towers, S. James Ussher in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 357-64.