Gilbert Burnet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 310 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 19,1643 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | March 17,1715 |
| Died | Clerkenwell |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Previous office | Bishop of Salisbury (1689–1715) |
| Children | William Burnet |
| Thomas Burnet | |
| Gilbert Burnet | |
| Books | History of My Own Times |
| Great grandchild | William Burnet Browne |
| Ann Burnet | |
| John Burnet | |
| Great grandparent | Alexander Gordon, 4th of Lesmoir |
| Katherine Arbuthnot | |
| Alexander Burnet of Leys | |
| Anne Forbes | |
| Grandparents | Alexander Burnett of Leys |
| Katherine Gordon | |
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| ID | 883424 |
Gilbert Burnet Life story
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.