James Ussher

James Ussher Historical Figure Nationality: Ireland Year of Birth: 1581 Year of Death: 1656 Cause of Death: Natural causes, possibly internal hemorrhage Religion: Church of Ireland Occupation: Author of Non-Fiction, Theologian, Cleric, Educator, Philosopher Fictional Appearances: "Before the Beginning" Set in the Future Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference

James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher) (4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656. He was a prolific scholar, who most famously published a chronology that purported the time and date when God created the Earth was the night preceding 23 October 4004 BC.

James Ussher in "Before the Beginning"

The time-viewer determined that while Archbishop Ussher had the year wrong (the Big Bang happened in 13,783,652,512 BC), the date of 23 October was correct.