Gould

American  

[goold] / guld /

noun

1. Chester, 1900–85, U.S. cartoonist: creator of the comic strip “Dick Tracy.”

2. Glenn Herbert, 1932–82, Canadian pianist and composer.

3. Jay, 1836–92, U.S. financier.

4. Morton, 1913–1996, U.S. composer and pianist.

5. Stephen Jay, 1941–2002, U.S. paleontologist, biologist, and science writer.

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Gould British  

/ ɡuːld /

noun

1. Benjamin Apthorp. 1824–96, US astronomer: the first to use the telegraph to determine longitudes; founded the Astronomical Journal (1849)

2. Glenn. 1932–82, Canadian pianist

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Gould Scientific  

/ go̅o̅ld /

1. American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who with Niles Eldredge developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972. He published numerous books which popularized his sometimes controversial ideas on evolutionary theory among the general public.

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England's schools minister, Georgia Gould, said the government wanted to "build on" the positive results and "go further so all young people leave school with strong literacy and numeracy".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

In an open letter last spring, faculty from the Gould School of Law said they were “unanimously opposed” to being included in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The ECB's chief executive Richard Gould suggested the new ownership would eventually improve fans' allegiances to the teams despite the overhaul, but accepted that attendances need to improve.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Then there was the mindset trick she learned from 88-year-old tennis giant Dick Gould, who was the men’s tennis coach at Stanford University for nearly four decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the early spring of 1837, Gould told Darwin that the assorted varieties of wrens, warblers, blackbirds, and “Gross-beaks” that Darwin had sent him were not assorted or various at all.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee