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Also known as Gould, J. Gould

English ornithologist (1804–1881)

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Born
1886
Died
1950
Works
73

Top works

  • The dominant city, 1911-1912
  • Selected poems
  • Fool's gold
  • The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
  • Amy Lowell memorial meeting held at Keat's House, April 15, 1926

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5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 200,687x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 41,733x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,358x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 34,340x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,860x

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Key facts

Born
( 1804-09-14 ) 14 September 1804, Lyme Regis , England
Died
3 February 1881 (1881-02-03) (aged 76), London, England
Resting place
Kensal Green cemetery
Known for
Illustrated monographs on birds, identification of Darwin's finches
Spouse
Elizabeth Coxen
Children
Charles Gould
Fields
Ornithology
Institutions
Zoological Society of London
Author abbrev zoology
Gould

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date of birth
1804-09-14
date of death
1881-02-03
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author citation (zoology)
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name in native language
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to John Gould, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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John Gould FRS (/ɡuːld/; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.

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