Henry Ussher

Life
?1500-1613; b. Dublin, ed. Cambridge, BA 1570; also Paris and Oxford, MA 1572; treasurer Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1573; archdeacon of Dublin diocese, 1580; sent to London to oppose proposed University of Dublin, 1584; sent to London to solicit the foundation of TCD, 1591; obtained the charter, 1592; archbishop of Armagh, 1595-1613. ODNB

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