theologian
Gilbert Burnet
Minister of the Church of Scotland, Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury; (1643-1716)
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Minister of the Church of Scotland, Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury; (1643-1716)
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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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