Gowin Knight

Gowin Knight (Corringham natus die 10 Septembris 1713; mortuus die 8 Iunii 1772), physicus, fuit bibliothecarius principalis Musei Britannici ab anno 1756 usque ad 1772.

Anno 1745 methodum chalybis fortiter magnetizandi invenit, itaque pyxides nauticas accuratiores confecit; anno 1747 igitur numma Copley Regalis Societatis Londiniensis meruit ob "nonnulla experimenta curiosissima, magnetibus naturalibus necnon arte factis adhibitis, ab eo monstrata". Iam anno 1752 classis Britannica talibus pyxidibus usa est.

Opera

• 1754 : An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phænomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion: wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same. Londinii
• 1758 : A collection of some papers formerly published in the Philosophical Transactions, relating to the use of Dr. Knight's magnetical bars, with some notes and additions. Londinii

Nexus externi

• Vita apud Science & Society Picture Library

Bibliographia

• Edward Edwards, Lives of the founders of the British Museum: with notices of its chief augmentors and other benefactors, 1570-1870 Paginae selectae

Curatores Musei Britannici

Gowin Knight 1756 • Matheus Maty 1772 • Carolus Morton 1776 • Iosephus Planta 1799 • Henricus Ellis 1827 • Antonius Panizzi 1856 • Iohannes Winter Jones 1866 • Eduardus Augustus Bond 1873 • Eduardus Maunde Thompson 1888 • Fridericus Georgius Kenyon 1909 • Georgius Franciscus Hill 1931 • Fridericus Georgius Kenyon 1936 • Thomas Kendrick 1950 • Francus Chalton Francis 1959 • Iohannes Fredericus Wolfenden 1969 • Iohannes Pope-Hennessy 1974 • David Mackenzie Wilson 1977 • Robertus Anderson 1992 • Neil MacGregor 2002 • Hartwig Fischer 2016 Index bibliothecariorum et directorum Musei Britannici