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Gilbert Burnet.
Minister of the Church of Scotland, Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury; (1643-1716)
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About Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian. He was always closely associated with the Whig party, and was one of the few close friends in whom King William III confided.
Everything about Gilbert Burnet →- Occupation
- theologian, Christian minister, historian, politician
- Position held
- Bishop of Salisbury
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Born
- September 18, 1643, 1643
- Died
- March 17, 1715, 1716