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Authorised form of nameBurnett; Gilbert (1690 - 1726)
Other forms of surnameBurnet
Dates1690 - 1726
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSalisbury, Wiltshire, England
Date of birth1690
Date of death17 June 1726
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
East Barnet, Hertfordshire
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Merton College, Oxford; BA (1706); Peterhouse, Cambridge; MA (1713); Leyden
Career:
Ordained priest (1714/5); Prebendary of Salisbury (1715-death); Chaplain to George I (1718); Rector of East Barnet, Middlesex (1719-1726)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1723
ProposerSir Robert Moray
RelationshipsSon of Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury (FRS 1664) and his second wife, Mary Scott; brother of William Burnett (FRS 1706) and Sir Thomas Burnett (FRS 1748)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
Notes:
NB lists him under Burnet. Proposed by John Hadley
CodeNA5579
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/203Bond of Gilbert Burnett to the Treasurer of the Royal Society19 December 1723
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