1643
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
Gilbert Burnet
Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury
- Born
- 1643
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.