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Thomas Burnet (c. 1635? – 27 September 1715) was an English theologian and writer on cosmogony.
Jun 27, 2018 · Burnet, Thomas (1635?–1715) A natural philosopher whose Sacred Theory of the Earth (1680, 1689) was an early diluvialist work. He tried to correlate the seven days of creation with Earth history, describing the Earth as a giant shell from which flood waters gushed when it was broken by God in the Deluge.
Thomas Burnet was an English theologian and a notable writer on cosmogony, the scientific theory of how the universe was created. Burnet was also cabinet officer and the royal chaplain to William III, King of England.
A natural philosopher whose Sacred Theory of the Earth (1680, 1689) was an early diluvialist work. He tried to correlate the seven days of creation with Earth history, describing the Earth as a giant shell from which flood waters gushed when it was broken by God in the Deluge.
Sep 27, 2021 · Thomas Burnet, an English clergyman and geological theorist, died Sep. 27, 1715, at the age of about 80. Burnet was Master of Charterhouse in London, which was both an almshouse and a school.
Thomas Burnet’s Telluris theoria sacra and its English translation the Theory of the earth, published in two volumes between 1681 and 1690, was one of the most widely-discussed and controversial philosophical and theological works of late-seventeenth-century England.
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THOMAS BURNET (1635-1715), English divine, was born at Croft in Yorkshire about the year 1635. He was educated at Northallerton, and at Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1657 he was made fellow of Christ's, and in 1667 senior proctor of the university.
