Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury
The Right Reverend
Gilbert Burnet
Bishop of Salisbury
Portrait of Gilbert Burnet after John Riley, c. 1689–1691
Church
Scottish Episcopal Church / Church of England
Predecessor
Seth Ward
Successor
William Talbot
Personal details
Born
19 September 1643
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
17 March 1715(1715-03-17) (aged 71) St John's Court, Clerkenwell, London, England
Education
University of Aberdeen
Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) 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.[1]
^Airy, Osmund (1908–1909). "Gilbert Burnet". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). The Dictionary of National Biography (2 ed.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 394–404.
GilbertBurnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin...
unofficial envoy for the Whig opposition. In a conversation recorded by GilbertBurnet, he requested a formal invitation asking him to "rescue the nation and...
Lady Margaret Burnet (née Kennedy; died May 1685) was the wife of Bishop GilbertBurnet. Lady Margaret was the second and last daughter of John Kennedy...
Crimond. His heir was his third son Alexander Burnett. His fifth son was GilbertBurnet, Bishop of Salisbury. James Burnett, the next younger brother of Sir...
given the treasurership and a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral by Bishop GilbertBurnet. He discovered that Codex Ephraemi is a palimpsest. Born in 1641 in...
comprehension for as many sects as possible, "and toleration for the rest". GilbertBurnet called him "the wisest clergyman I ever knew. He was a lover of mankind...
Smith, p. 36 Mark Antony Lower (1860), "Onslow", Patronymica Britannica GilbertBurnet (1681), The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, William Shrowsbery,...
your defence". The Scottish clergyman and future Bishop of Salisbury, GilbertBurnet, an eyewitness to the Plot trials, had no doubt of the innocence of...
Historiographer Royal: John Hill Burton, David Masson, and Robert Rait. GilbertBurnet, Bishop of Salisbury, philosopher, adviser to William and Mary and noted...
to Rochester to meet her on 1 January 1540. Although the historian GilbertBurnet claimed that Henry called her a Flanders Mare, there is no evidence...
nature distributes sparingly. Some examples are highlighted, such as GilbertBurnet (1643-1715) and his writings on his travels in Switzerland and Italy...
wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, but according to GilbertBurnet, Mary convinced her husband that she did not care for political power...
and keeps watch to verify the count. Of the Habeas Corpus Act count, GilbertBurnet wrote, Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers: Lord...
Grantham (1634–1692) Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715) Philipp Jakob Spener (1635–1705) Edward Stillingfleet (1635–1699) GilbertBurnet (1643–1715) Isaac Jacquelot...
not bring about the King’s desires, he was like to lose his favor. (GilbertBurnet, 1679, History of the Reformation of the Church of England) Like is...
5th Baron Howard of Effingham, English peer (d. 1694) September 18 – GilbertBurnet, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1715) September 27 – Solomon...
novel follows the adventures of John Burnet (a fictional relative of the 17th-century cleric and historian GilbertBurnet), supposed to have been born at Barns...
Moréri, French encyclopedist and priest (died 1680) September 18 – GilbertBurnet, Scottish historian and bishop (died 1715) November 1 – John Strype...
stayed at 21 Norfolk Street, Strand and met with Bishop of Salisbury GilbertBurnet, Thomas Osborne and was posing for Sir Godfrey Kneller. He watched the...
Whig" and often praised Whig heroes such as the Duke of Marlborough and GilbertBurnet. Fielding dedicated his play Don Quixote in England to the opposition...
daughter of Richard Gibson. Her most notable artwork is a portrait of GilbertBurnet. Susan Penelope Gibson was born in 1652. She was raised in London. Her...
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