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 and historian. He was associated with the Whig party.
Read more about Gilbert Burnet: Early Life: 1643–1674, London: 1674–1685, History of The Reformation, Exile: 1685–1688, Glorious Revolution, Bishop of Salisbury, History of My Own Time, Family, Personality
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“I often think it’s comical
How Nature always does contrive
That every boy and every gal,
That’s born into the world alive,
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)