# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-mckinley-gould
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:01:53.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-mckinley-gould"
name: "Laurence McKinley Gould"
slug: "laurence-mckinley-gould"
description: "Laurence McKinley Gould was an American geologist, educator, and polar explorer. He made expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and was chief scientist on Richard Evelyn Byrd's first Antarctic expedition, which Gould described in his 1931 book Cold: the Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey. He served as president of Carleton College from 1945 to 1962, and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1964. His namesakes include the research vessel Laurence M. Gould as well as Antarctic features including Gould Bay, Gould Coast, and Mount Gould."
tagline: "American geologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence_Gould_posing_next_to_a_bust_of_American_polar_explorer_Richard_Evelyn_Byrd._1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-08-22"
deathDate: "1995-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.475954666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332368/"
    handle:    "nm0332368"
sources:
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    title: "Laurence McKinley Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لورنس مكينلي قاولد"
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    title: "Лорънс Гулд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laurence_McKinley_Gould"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_McKinley_Gould"
    title: "Laurence McKinley Gould"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_McKinley_Gould"
    title: "Laurence McKinley Gould"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump