Burlington House Lectures
Archbishop James Ussher's Annales Veteris Testamenti (1650)
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| Burlington House Lecture |
| Date: | 13 June 2008 |
| Event Type: | Lecture |
| Venue: | The Geological Society (Burlington House) |
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The Burlington House Lectures begin this year with an unmissable opportunity to view one of the most infamous books in the history of Geochronology - Archbishop James Ussher's Annales Veteris Testamenti (1650), in which Ussher set out the chronology that put the date of creation as 4004BC.
Archbishop Ussher and the Age of the Earth, which will be delivered by Professor Graham Parry (University of York) and Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson (Trinity College, Dublin) will examine how 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. The Annales Veteris Testamenti (1650) by Ussher and preserved in the library of the Society of Antiquaries, will be on display.
Date: 13 June; Tea: 1730; Lecture: 1800; Close: 1900
Entry will be free to all, but by ticket only. To reserve a ticket please email Lola at admin@sal.org.uk.
Archbishop Ussher and the Age of the Earth, which will be delivered by Professor Graham Parry (University of York) and Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson (Trinity College, Dublin) will examine how 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. The Annales Veteris Testamenti (1650) by Ussher and preserved in the library of the Society of Antiquaries, will be on display.
Date: 13 June; Tea: 1730; Lecture: 1800; Close: 1900
Entry will be free to all, but by ticket only. To reserve a ticket please email Lola at admin@sal.org.uk.