LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715 NRA: Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715) Bishop of Salisbury historian DNB: Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian LBT ID: GiBurne1715 VIAF ID: 22151653 LOC ID: n50032699 | B/BAP: 1643-09-18 DIED: 1715-03-17 |
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Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, he was professor of divinity at Glasgow (1669);
a supporter of William III, he was made bishop of Salisbury (1689). His History of his own Times was posthumously published (1723-34) | |
