17 March 1715 A.D. Bishop Gilbert Burnet (Salisbury) Dies—Important Bishop, Author of Works on The Thirty-nine Articles and a 6-Volume History of the Reformation in the Church of England
17 March 1715 A.D. Bishop Gilbert Burnet (Salisbury) Dies—Important Bishop, Author of Works on The Thirty-nine Articles and a 6-Volume History of the Reformation in the Church of England Gilbert Burnet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gilbert Burnet Bishop of Salisbury Portrait of Gilbert Burnet after John Riley , circa 1689–1691 Church Church of England Predecessor Seth Ward Successor William Talbot Personal details Born 18 September 1643 Edinburgh , Scotland Died 17 March 1715 ( 1715-03-17 ) (aged 71) St John's Court, Clerkenwell , London, England Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury . He was fluent in Dutch , French, Latin , Greek , and Hebrew . Burnet was respected as a cleric, a preacher, and an academic, as well as a writer an...