Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Knight, Gowin
Knight, Gowin, s. Robert, of Coringham, co. Lincoln, cler. Magdalen Hall, matric. 5 April, 1731, aged 17; demy Magdalen Coll. 1735-46, B.A. 1736, M.A. 1739, B.Med. 11 Feb., 1742-3. an inventor of steel magnets, (the first principal) librarian of the British Museum 1756, until his death 9 June, 1772. See Gent.'s Mag., 1757, 224.