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George Jay Gould
George Jay Gould , 1864-1923, U.S. railroad owner, b. New York City; son of Jay Gould . He was associated with his father, inherited all the holdings on Jay Gould's death, and adopted daring policies. To compete with E. H. Harriman he bought the Denver & Rio Grande RR. When Harriman bought the Southern Pacific and bottled up the Gould roads, Gould purchased the Western Pacific and completed it to San Francisco to get an outlet to the sea. In the east he also bought or built lines from Toledo to Baltimore via Pittsburgh to give the Wabash RR an outlet to the Atlantic and to challenge the monopoly of the Pennsylvania RR. He seemed to have a transcontinental system in his grasp, but his financing was unsound, and he crashed in the Panic of 1907. By 1918 all the roads had been lost.
Bibliography: See E. P. Hoyt, Jr., Goulds (1969).
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Stephen Jay Gould; Stephen Jay Gould, palaeontologist and populariser.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/25/2002; 700+ words
; Stephen Jay Gould, palaeontologist and populariser, died...20th, aged 60 THE child, as Stephen Jay Gould himself observed in the prologue of one...the outside world certainly did bully Mr Gould. His swotting eventually delivered him...
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Festschrift: The Skeptics society honors Stephen Jay Gould
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Evolutionist Laureate," Stephen Jay Gould, was the honoree at Caltech's Beckman...essays in Natural History magazine. Gould's column, which comes to an end...the other millennium ending, as Gould has so well noted), was entitled...
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Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons. By Edward...3. Reviewed by Maury Klein Jay Gould continues to fascinate historians...most notably Julius Grodinsky, Jay Gould: His Business Career, 1867-1892...
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Stephen Jay Gould on species selection: 30 years of insight
Magazine article from: Paleobiology; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Abstract.-Stephen Jay Gould made impressive contributions to macroevolutionary...selection. Here we explore how and why Gould's ideas on concepts related to species...shifted between three phases. Initially, Gould favored a definition of species selection...
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The mismeasures of Gould.(scientist Stephen Jay Gould)
Magazine article from: National Review; 9/15/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...23, pp. 169-180. "[Steven Jay] Gould occupies a rather curious position...YEP, that's the Steven Jay Gould -- Harvard paleontologist, best...theory. Smith's skepticism about Gould is pervasive among his peers. Daniel...
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Stephen Jay Gould, renowned evolution scientist
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/21/2002; ; 597 words
; 00-00-0000 Stephen Jay Gould, renowned evolution scientist -- Written works helped...Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: STEPHEN JAY GOULD BOSTON - Stephen Jay Gould, a world-renowned scientist who brought evolutionary...
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Interview: Dr. Jay Gould discusses why his organization is testing baby teeth for strontium-90
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Interview: Dr. Jay Gould discusses why his organization is testing baby...thank you for taking time to talk to us. Dr. GOULD: It's a pleasure. ADAMS: Jay Gould of the Radiation and Public Health Project in...
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The apotheosis of Stephen Jay Gould. (Notebook).
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; When, in May of 2002, Stephen Jay Gould died at age sixty, a torrent of eulogy issued from the presses. Gould was a paleontologist and a writer...instead, the structure of Stephen Jay Gould's evolutionary theory, which is...
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Exquisite complexity revisiting Stephen Jay Gould.
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...expect to be surrounded by the likes of Stephen Jay Gould. Before his regrettable death in 2002, Gould was a prolific and award-winning author...brilliance for granted, thanks in large measure to Gould himself. A collection of Gould's work published...
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This View of Stephen Jay Gould
Magazine article from: Natural History; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould began writing "This View of Life...History, and coauthor (with Stephen Jay Gould) of the theory of punctuated equilibria So how good is Steve Gould? I'll tell you. The guy has eyes...
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Gould, Jay 1888-1935
Book article from: American Decades
GOULD, JAY 1888-1935 Court tennis champion A Court Master's Education From 1906 to 1925 Jay Gould dominated court tennis, one of the more...facilities, but some individuals, such as Jay Gould's father, George Gould, a wealthy industrialist...
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Jay Gould
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jay Gould American financier and railroad builder Jay Gould (1836-1892) began as an unprincipled stock manipulator...speculative capital could play a constructive role. Jay Gould, christened Jayson, was born in Roxbury, N.Y., on...
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Gould, Jay
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jay Gould Born: May 27, 1836Roxbury, New YorkDied...American financier and railroad builder Jay Gould made a fortune by controlling the price of...in American industry. Early life Jayson Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, on May 27...
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Gould, Stephen Jay
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Stephen Jay Gould Born: September 10, 1941New York, New...remains of life from long ago) Stephen Jay Gould was awarded the 1975 Schuchert Award by...scientific issues. Early life Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941, in New...
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Stephen Jay Gould
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Stephen Jay Gould The American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (born 1941) was awarded the Schuchert Award for 1975...books popularizing current scientific issues. Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941, in New York City, the...
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