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John Gould

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Also known as Gould, J. Gould

English ornithologist (1804–1881)

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John Gould was a male zoologist, illustrator, ornithologist, and painter born in Lyme Regis in 1804. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and spoke English. His professional focus included the field of ornithology, where he is cited authorially as "Gould." He was married to Elizabeth Gould.

Gould was a member of the Royal Society, Geological Society of London, Academy of Sciences of Turin, and Royal Entomological Society. He received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art. He is also recognized in the Royal Society collection.

He died on February 3, 1881, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. His life and work have been described by sources including Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Person · Open Library

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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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
56
Total plays
138

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,644x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,680x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,923x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,594x

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

    · 1992 · cited 29,138x

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Gould
Gender
male
Place of birth
Lyme Regis
Place of death
Bedford Square
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
ornithology
Image
John Gould.jpg
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place of burial
Kensal Green Cemetery
Commons category
John Gould
date of birth
1804-09-14
date of death
1881-02-03
Commons gallery
John Gould
Commons Creator page
John Gould
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
author citation (zoology)
Gould
name in native language
John Gould
writing language
English language
influenced by
Charles Darwin
significant person
John Gilbert
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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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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life

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