Peter Gould (geographer)

Peter Gould (18 November 1932 – 22 January 2000)[1] was an Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Geography at Penn State University.

Throughout his tenure at Penn State University, Gould received many awards including the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Retzius Gold Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the Universitaire de Strasbourg.

[2][3] Dr. Gould was a main contributor to the quantitative revolution in the field of Geography.

[4] Born in 1932 in Coulsdon, Surrey, Peter Gould decided he was going to become a geographer at a fairly young age.

[2] He graduated from Colgate University in 1956 with a BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).