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. Wikipedia
Born: September 19, 1643, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: March 17, 1715 (age 71 years), Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom
Books: Four Discourses Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocess of Sarum ..., The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, A Vindication of the Authority, Constitution, and Laws of the Church and State of Scotland. In Four Conferences. Wherein the Answer to the Dialogues Betwixt the Conformist and the Non-conformist, is Examined. [With "Observations on the First and Second of the Canons, Commonly Ascribed to the Holy Apostles."], and more
Children: Thomas Burnet, William Burnet, and Gilbert Burnet
Great-grandparents: Alexander Gordon, 4th of Lesmoir, Katherine Arbuthnot, Alexander Burnet of Leys, and more
Grandchildren: Sir Thomas Burnet and Mary Burnet
Grandparents: Alexander Burnett of Leys and Katherine Gordon