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  • From: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT utc.campuscw.net>
  • To: Andre Desnitsky <bsruss AT dol.ru>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Ussher
  • Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:44:47 -0500


Andre:

My biographical dictionary gives it as:

Ussh (schwa, sh) - er (schwa,r) with the accent falling upon the first
syllable

like the attendant at a wedding or a theatre "usher"


At 11:43 PM 3/15/99 +0300, you wrote:
>Now a stupid question, dear friends.
>How do you pronounce the name of James Ussher?
>
>(b. Jan. 4, 1581, Dublin, Ire.--d. March 21, 1656, Reigate, Surrey,
>Eng.), Anglo-Irish prelate of the Anglican church who was memorable
>for his activity in religious politics and for his work on patristic
>texts, especially the chronology of the Old Testament. - that's what
>Britannica says about him.
>
>
>Andre S. Desnitsky, Ph.D.
>Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
>Bible Society in Russia.
>
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  • Ussher, Andre Desnitsky, 03/16/1999
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    • Re: Ussher, Kevin W. Woodruff, 03/16/1999

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