Augustus A. Gould

Augustus A. Gould (born April 23, 1805, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, United States—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 born to Nathaniel Duren Gould—a music teacher, engraver, and, later, a member of the state legislature of Massachusetts—and his wife Sally Andrews Prichard. Augustus Gould helped manage the family’s...