| Authorised form of name | Knight; Gowin (1713 - 1772) |
| Dates | 1713 - 1772 |
| Date of birth | 10 September 1713 |
| Place of death | The British Museum, Montague House, Bloomsbury, London |
| Date of death | 08 June 1772 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Corringham, Lincolnshire (10 September 1713) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/04/1745 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1747 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Brian P Dolan, 'How Opposite Forces Attract', review of Patricia Fara, Sympathetic Attractions: Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Century England in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 366-369
John H Appleby, 'Daniel Dumaresq, DD, FRS (1712-1805) as a Promoter of Anglo-Russian Science and Culture' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 25-50
A E Gunther, 'The Royal Society and the Foundation of the British Museum, 1753-1781' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 207-216
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
Notes:
His burial is recorded in the registers of St George's, Bloomsbury, but according to DNB it is probable that he was interred in the parochial cemetery near the Foundling Hospital. |
| Code | NA7986 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1745/01 | Knight, Gowin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 25 April 1745 |
| NLB/5/695 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to R B Prosser, 75 Dartmouth Park Road, Highgate, N.W. | 18 September 1891 |
| NLB/54/681 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles] Chree, FRS | 30 July 1917 |
| MS/391/59 | Bond of Gowin Knight to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 2 May 1745 |
| L&P/1/381 | Letter,'Concerning the poles of magnets being variously placed' from Gowin Knight to Martin Folkes | 3 April 1745 |
| L&P/3/400 | Paper, 'Remarks on the preceding letter [L&P/3/399]' by Gowin Knight | 1759 |
| L&P/3/399 | Letter, 'Extraordinary effects of lightning' from William Mountaine to Gowin Knight | 28 September 1759 |
| L&P/7/70 | Letter, 'An account of Dr Gowin Knight's method of making artifical loadstones' from Benjamin Wilson to Joseph Banks | 1 December 1778 |
| L&P/1/319 | Paper, 'Some magnetical experiments showed on 15 November 1744' by Gowin Knight | 1744 |
| L&P/2/37 | Paper, 'Of the earthquake of Feb 8' by Gowin Knight | 1749 |
| L&P/2/162 | Paper, 'A mariner's compass contrived by the author' by Gowin Knight | 1750 |
| MM/5/39 | Memorial from the Royal Society to King George III concerning the Transit of Venus of 1769 | c.1768 |
| IM/002560 | Knight, Gowin | 1751 |