Henry W. Gould

Henry W. Gould
Prof. Henry W. Gould in 1972
Born	(1928-08-26) August 26, 1928 (age 88) Portsmouth, Virginia
Residence	Morgantown, West Virginia
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	West Virginia University
Alma mater	University of Virginia (B.A., 1954) University of Virginia (M.A.., 1956)
Known for	book "Combinatorial Identities": 1972
Notable awards	J. Shelton Horsley Research Award Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award

Henry W. Gould (born August 26, 1928) is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at West Virginia University.

Prof. Gould was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Between 1945 and 1947, he attended National Radio Institute in Washington D.C.. In 1946, he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 1946–1948 he studied at Old Dominion University and started school at University of Virginia. He worked at WUVA radio 1948–1957. In 1951 to 1952, he studied communications theory at The Southeastern Signal School (TSESS), Fort Gordon, Georgia. In 1954, he graduated from University of Virginia, where he received his B.A. in Mathematics and M.A. Mathematics in 1956. In 1957, He attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1957–1958, where he served as Research Assistant to Professor Alfred Brauer. In 1958, he moved to Morgantown, West Virginia.

Professor Gould has published over 200 papers, which have appeared in about 20 countries. His research has been in combinatorial analysis, number theory, special functions of mathematical physics, and the history of mathematics and astronomy. Gould served as mathematics consultant to the 'Dear Abby' newspaper column. One interesting aspect of this work was writing an explanation of the three ancient Greek problems (trisecting an angle, squaring the circle, and duplicating the cube). A pamphlet on this material was sent to hundreds of readers (mostly secondary school students) in every state and overseas, who wanted to know more about these famous problems.