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John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow.He was born the son of militia officer and trained initially as a carpenter, before becoming a Clerk of Works.
Burnett gave up attending public worship, but gave religious instruction to his servants. He was influenced by the example of John Howard the philanthropist, whom he probably met in 1776 in Scotland, and took an interest in charitable movements. He owned the estate of Dens in Buchan, just outside Aberdeen. [1] He died unmarried on 9 November 1784.
The current Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett, James C. A. Burnett, Baron of Leys and Kilduthie, arranged with the National Trust for Scotland for a room on the top floor of Crathes Castle to display items of interest for members of the Burnett family worldwide including armorial bearings. [29]
At the end of the course Burnet toured France and Italy, returning to Glasgow at the end of 1876, when he assisted his father on completing the facade of the Union Bank of Scotland building in Ingram Street. In 1878 Burnet won the competition to build the Fine Art Institute in Glasgow, his first truly independent work.
He was the son of William Burnett of Monboddo, an advocate in Aberdeen, where he was born in 1763. He was admitted advocate at Edinburgh University on 10 December 1785. In 1792 he was appointed advocate-depute, and in October 1803 was made Sheriff of Haddington. In April 1810 he became Judge Admiral of Scotland. He was also for some time ...
T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter; Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor; Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Baronet (1658–1714) Tolly Burnett (1923–1993), English cricketer; Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO; Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
Early Greek Philosophy is a book by John Burnet. Four editions were published by A. & C. Black, Ltd. in Great Britain. The first edition was published in April 1892, the second in June 1908, the third in September 1920 and the fourth, posthumously, in 1930.
Portrait of Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury, painted in the style of Pieter Borsseler. Burnet was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1643, the son of Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond, a Royalist and Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge of the Court of Session, and of his second wife Rachel Johnston, daughter of James Johnston, and sister of Archibald Johnston of Warristoun, a leader of the ...