Roger V. Gould (October 12, 1962 – April 29, 2002) was an American sociologist who emphasized the importance of basing theories upon research into actual events.
Gould was born Roger van Blerkom Benjamin in Brookline, Massachusetts and largely grew up in Manhattan.
Gould attended the Dalton School and earned bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Harvard University.
Gould's work Insurgent Identities: Class, Community and Protest in Paris from 1848 to the Commune (Univ.
of Chicago, 1995) was noted for its building its case on a study of the archives which led to a rejection of the class theory of the 1871 Paris revolution.