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Thomas Burnet
Thomas Burnet by Jacob Ferdinand Voet
Bornc. 1635
Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England
Died27 September 1715 (aged c. 80)
NationalityEnglish
Occupationtheologian

Thomas Burnet (c. 1635? – 27 September 1715[1][2]) was an English theologian and writer on cosmogony.

  1. ^ Dates in this article follow the Julian Calendar.
  2. ^ Westfall, Richard S. "Burnet, Thomas". Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The Galileo Project.

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