Gould, Augustus A(ddison)

▪ American naturalist

born April 23, 1805, New Ipswich, N.H., U.S.

died Sept. 15, 1866, Boston

      naturalist and physician, pioneer of American conchology, or the study of shells, and one of the first authorities on the invertebrate animals of New England.

      One of Massachusetts' leading medical men, Gould became a specialist in the study of mollusks; he also 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 co-author of Principles of Zoology (1848) with the naturalist Louis Agassiz (Agassiz, Louis).

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