Gilbert Burnet
Religious Leader
1643 – 1715
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Who was Gilbert Burnet?
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was respected as a cleric, a preacher, and an academic, as well as a writer and historian. He was associated with the Whig party.
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- Born
- Sep 18, 1643
Edinburgh - Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Religion
- Church of England
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Aberdeen
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Mar 17, 1715
Clerkenwell
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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