23 April 1805 – 15 September 1886
Born: New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Died: Boston, Massachusetts.
Occupation: Physician, Malacolgist. Massachusetts, General Hospital, 1830.
Education: A.B., Harvard, 1821. M.D., Harvard, 1825.
Society Service: Co-founder, Boston Society of Natural History.
Travels:
Collection Deposition: Collection sold for $6,000 to New York State Museum, Albany. Part of the collection now in the MCZ, remainder in USNM.
Research Interests:
Data from: Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.
Other References: Johnson, R.I. 1964. The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. United States National Museum Bulletin 239:v + 182.
Johnson, R.I. 1955. Augustus Addison Gould. (Abstract). American Malacological Union, Inc. Annual Reports. 1955(21):12-13.
Johnson, R.I. 1960. Unearthing Gould’s types. (Abstract). American Malacological Union, Inc. Annual Reports. 1959(26):12-13.
Partial Bibliography
Gould, A.A. 1833. Lamarck’s genera of shells, with a catalogue of species. Boston
Gould, A.A. 1837. Catalogue of Maine shells. First Report, Geology of Maine.
Gould, A.A. 1841. A report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, comprising the Mollusca, Annelida, and Radiata. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 373 pp. + 212 figures on 15 plates.
Gould, A.A. 1841. Shells of Massachusetts and their geographical distribution. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:483-494.
Gould, A.A. 1841. Results of an examination of the shells of Massachusetts. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History ?:488-489.
Gould, A.A. 1843. Monograph of the species of the genus Pupa found in the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 3(395) & 4(350):1-18 pp. + 2 plates.
Gould, A.A. 1843. [New species of Mollusca from Tavoy, British Burmah]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1(17):139-141.
Gould, A.A. 1843. [Descriptions of two species of Anodon from the river Salwen, in British Burmah, sent to him by Rev. F. Mason]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1(18):160.
Gould, A.A. 1844. [Descriptions of two species of Anodon from the river Salwen, in British Burmah, sent to him by Rev. F. Mason]. (cont.). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1(19):161.
Gould, A.A. 1845. [Descriptions of recent shells collected by Mr. John Bartlett in the Everglades of Florida.] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2(7):53.
Gould, A.A. 1846. A collection of shells, sent from Tavoy, in Burmah, by the Rev. Mr. Mason. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2(11):98-100.
Gould, A.A. 1847. [Descriptions of new shells from Burmah]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2(19):218-220.
Gould, A.A. 1847. [Descriptions of Melania, from the collection of the Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2(19):222-225.
Gould, A.A. 1847. [Descriptions of Melania, from the collection of the Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2(20):222-225.
Gould, A.A. 1848. Descriptions of shells found in Connecticut, collected and named by the late Rev. J. H. Linsley. American Journal of Science and Arts 56(17):233-236.
Gould, A.A. 1850. Catalogue and descriptions of the shells of Lake Superior. pp. 243-245 in “Lake Superior, by L. Agassiz. ?? pp.
Gould, A.A. 1850. [Shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3(19):292-296.
Gould, A.A. 1851. [Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from California and Mexico]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4(6):87-93.
Gould, A.A. 1852. Report on the Mollusca collected by the Wilkes’ United States Exploring Expedition. One Vol. 510 pp.
Gould, A.A. 1853. Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History 6:374-407.
Gould, A.A. 1855. New species of land and fresh-water shells from western (N.) America. (Cont.). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(15):228-229.
Gould, A.A. 1855. New species of land and fresh-water shells from western (N.) America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(8-9):127-130.
Gould, A.A. 1856. [Descriptions of new species of shells.] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6(1):11-16.
Gould, A.A. 1856-1862 United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Atlas. Mollusca and Shells. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gould, A.A. 1860. Elephant folio of plates from “Report on the Mollusca collected by the Wilkes’ United States Exploring Expedition.” 51 colored plates.
Gould, A.A. 1862. Otia Conchologica: Descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862. Gould and Lincoln, Boston 256 pp.
Gould, A.A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. W.G. Binney, Ed. Wright and Potter, State Printers, Boston. 524 pp. + 12 plates.
Gould, A.A., and P.P. Carpenter. 1856. Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(24):198-208.