# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gowin-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:19.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gowin-knight"
name: "Gowin Knight"
slug: "gowin-knight"
description: "Gowin Knight FRS was a British physicist who, in 1745, discovered a process for producing strongly magnetised steel. He also served as the first principal librarian of the British Museum."
tagline: "British physicist (1713-1772)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1713-09-10"
deathDate: "1772-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump