Knight, Gowin, Principal Librarian of the British Museum
Record IDcnp00429096
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00429096
Biographical Data1713 - 1772
Place of BirthCorringham, Lincolnshire
Last Edit2020-09-14
General Note
Brit. Physiker, Erfinder, Bibliothekar; Hersteller von Navigationsinstrumenten; First principal librarian im British Museum
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Further Biographical Data1713-1772
10.09.1713-08.06.1772
ActivityPersonen zu Technik (ohne Architektur, Bautechnik) (31.16p) (sswd)
Personen zu Bibliothek, Information und Dokumentation (6.7p) (sswd)
Bibliothekar (gnd)
Erfinder (gnd)
Mechaniker (gnd)
Physiker (gnd)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Großbritannien
Place of Activity
Place of BirthCorringham, Lincolnshire
Geburtsort
Names
HeadingKnight, Gowin, Principal Librarian of the British Museum
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Knight, Gowin
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Variant NameKnight, Dr., Gowin
Knight, Godwin
WBIS
Knight, Gowen
Sources
Found inGK55. — DNB=Knight, Gowin, 1713.9.10-1772.6.8; man of science and first principal librarian of the British Museum. — NUC. — LCAuth. — LCAuth. — Encyclopaedia Britannica. — British Biographical Archive I 652,439-443. — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowin_Knight
Imprint SourcesT069643: his An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phoenomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion, 1748 tp=By Gowin Knight