Gilbert Burnet
✓ Source-basedfallingMinister of the Church of Scotland, Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury; (1643-1716)
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.
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Portrait of Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury, painted in the style of Pieter Borsseler.
Engraved Title page of the first volume of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England.
Some letters containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, 1686
Gilbert Burnet was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury on Easter 1689.
Monument to Bishop Gilbert Burnet in Salisbury Cathedral
Gilbert Burnet had three wives in succession: Lady Margaret Kennedy, Mary Scott, and Elizabeth Berkeley.
Burnet's third wife Elizabeth Berkeley, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller 1707Awards 1
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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.
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