Gilbert Burnet

The Right Reverend

Gilbert Burnet
The Right Reverend; Gilbert Burnet
Bishop of Salisbury
	Portrait of Gilbert Burnet after John Riley, c. 1689–1691
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church / Church of England
Predecessor	Seth Ward
Successor	William Talbot
Personal details
Born	19 September 1643; Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	17 March 1715 (aged 71); St John's Court, Clerkenwell, London, England
Education	University of Aberdeen

Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) 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.^[1]

^ Airy, Osmund (1908–1909). "Gilbert Burnet". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). The Dictionary of National Biography (2 ed.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 394–404.

[DNB2-1] Airy, Osmund (1908–1909). "Gilbert Burnet". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). The Dictionary of National Biography (2 ed.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 394–404.

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