Augustus A. Gould

American naturalist

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In full:: Augustus Addison Gould

Born:: April 23, 1805, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, U.S.

Died:: September 15, 1866, Boston, Massachusetts (aged 61)

Subjects Of Study:: mollusk

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Augustus A. Gould (born April 23, 1805, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, U.S.—died September 15, 1866, Boston, Massachusetts) was a naturalist and physician, pioneer of American conchology (the study of shells), and one of the first authorities on the invertebrate animals of New England.

Gould was one of Massachusetts’s leading medical men. He became a specialist in the study of mollusks and published many works on crustaceans and insects. His most important publication, the Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts (1841), greatly encouraged the study of mollusks in the United States. He was coauthor of Principles of Zoology (1848) with the naturalist Louis Agassiz.

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