Events: detail
Archbishop Ussher and the Age of the Earth
- Hosted by:
- Society of Antiquaries of London & Geological Society
- Speaker:
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Professor Graham Parry, University of York
Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson, Trinity College, Dublin
- Starts:
- June 13, 2008 at 05:30 pm
- Ends:
- June 13, 2008 at 07:00 pm
- Location:
- Geological Society of London, Burlington House, , Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Archbishop Ussher’s pronouncement that the Earth was created on the evening preceding Sunday 23 October 4004 BC has tended to make him a laughingstock. However Ussher’s was a serious work of scholarship that began a tradition of inquiry into geochronology at Trinity College Dublin that led directly to the radiometric dating techniques that have now established the Earth’s age at 4567 million years. The speakers will examine the man behind the legend, the great work he left behind, and his successors at Trinity College – such as Professor John Joly, the man in the radioactive hat. A copy of Annales Veteris Testamenti (1650) by Ussher will be on display.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Date: 13 June
Tea: 1730
Lecture: 1800
Close: 1900
Entry is free to all, but by ticket only. To reserve a ticket please email admin@sal.org.uk
For more information
- Contact person:
- Society of Antiquaries of London
- Email:
- admin [ at ] sal.org.uk
