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Joseph Ferdinand Gould (12 September 1889 – 18 August 1957) [1] was an American eccentric, also known as Professor Seagull.Often homeless, he claimed to be the author of the longest book ever written, An Oral History of the Contemporary World, also known as An Oral History of Our Time or Meo Tempore.
Braddock (left) and Gould (center), training as officers at the Atlantic Coast Transportation Corps Officers Training School in Fort Slocum, New York. Joseph [ 2 ] "Joe" Gould (August 13, 1896 [ 3 ] – April 21, 1950) was an American boxing manager best known for representing boxer James J. Braddock , dubbed "The Cinderella Man," who in 1935 ...
Joe Gould's Secret is a 1965 book by Joseph Mitchell, based upon his two New Yorker profiles, "Professor Sea Gull" (1942) and "Joe Gould's Secret" (1964). Mitchell's work details the true story of the eponymous Joe Gould , a writer who lived in Greenwich Village in the first half of the 20th century.
Joseph or Joe Gould may refer to: Joe Gould (writer) (1889–1957), writer, eccentric, homeless man Joe Gould's Secret, the 1965 book by Joseph Mitchell based on the writer Joe Gould's Secret, the 2000 film based on the above book; Joe Gould (boxing) (1896–1950), manager of boxer James J. Braddock
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Ainslie Beric "Joe" Gould (24 January 1909 – 2 November 1994) [1] was an Australian rower. He was an Australian national champion who competed in the men's eight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics .
James Walter Braddock (June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an American [3] [4] boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937. [5]Fighting under the name James J. Braddock (ostensibly to follow the pattern set by two prior world boxing champions, James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries), Braddock was known for his spoiling, counterpunching style, powerful right hand, and his ...
Gould died in 1957, in a psychiatric hospital, likely after having been lobotomized in 1949. [30] In 1964, in a New Yorker essay called "Joe Gould's Secret," Mitchell revealed his conviction that The Oral History of Our Time never existed and had been, all along, a product of Gould's insanity. [ 32 ]