Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), Scottish historian and Anglican bishop. (wikipedia.org)
1715), theologian and writer on cosmogony William Burnet (1688-1729), British colonial administrator William Burnet (1730-1791), American physician and political leader Burnett (surname) This page lists people with the surname Burnet. (wikipedia.org)
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Guy Burnet (born 1983), English film, television and theatre actor. (wikipedia.org)
Ronnie Burnet (1918-1999), English cricketer and last amateur captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. (wikipedia.org)
Following travels in Europe, Burnet published in 1681 the first two parts of his theory of the formation of the earth under the title Telluris theoria sacra (English version Sacred Theory of the Earth, 1684), in which he held that at the time of the Deluge the earth was crushed like an egg, the fragments of the shell becoming mountains. (factmonster.com)
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John James Burnet (1857-1938), Scottish Edwardian architect Lorenzo Burnet (born 1991), Dutch footballer Noel Burnet (1904-1953), Australian koala expert Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond (1592-1661), Scottish advocate and judge. (wikipedia.org)
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In 1681 Burnet published the first two parts of his popular work Telluris Theoria Sacra ( Sacred Theory of the Earth ). (famousscientists.org)
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To some extent, Burnet was influenced by Rene Descartes who wrote in 1644 the Principia philosophiae also tackling the earth's creation. (famousscientists.org)
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After his degree Burnet remained at the college and in 1667 he became a senior university proctor. (famousscientists.org)
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) reasoned that the Earth had a history characterized by earthquakes, floods, deluges, eruptions, which had altered the earth and its living organisms, but this history, he insisted, was explainable within the Biblical narrative. (eurocanadians.ca)
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Burnet became fellow of Christ's in 1657 and obtained his degree a year later. (famousscientists.org)
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Burnet declares he had little Latin, but he was able to converse with the Dutch ambassador in that language. (wikisource.org)
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In 1671, Burnet travelled to Europe as a tutor and made a second European tour in 1675. (famousscientists.org)
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Notable people with the surname include: Alastair Burnet (1928-2013), British journalist. (wikipedia.org)
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Burnet was also cabinet officer and the royal chaplain to William III, King of England. (famousscientists.org)
In his duties Burnet defended the authority of the Church of England and this placed him in good favor when Catholic King James II was overthrown in 1688 and replaced by Protestant King William III, Prince of Orange and his wife (James's daughter) Queen Mary II. (famousscientists.org)
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Burnet proposed that before the Genesis flood the earth was an oval shape, moist, oily and fertile which was smooth and uniform, resembling a paradise. (famousscientists.org)
Burnet calculated that eight times the volume of water on the surface of the Earth would be required to cause a biblical style flood, and so proposed that the water must be "hidden" in subterranean caverns. (famousscientists.org)
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Burnet became chaplain-in-ordinary and clerk of the closet to William III in 1691. (famousscientists.org)
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In 1685, a criticism on his work was published by Herbert Croft, which accused Burnet of not following the Book of Genesis Still, Burnet defended his views against the critics. (famousscientists.org)