1. Howard Gould was an American financier and the son of Jay Gould.
14 Facts About Howard Gould
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Howard Gould was the fourth of six children among siblings George, Edwin, Helen, Anna and Frank.
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Howard Gould was educated at Columbia College, where he matriculated with the class of 1894 but did not graduate, according to official records.
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On February 24,1898, Howard Gould purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and maintained an office at 195 Broadway in New York.
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Howard Gould served as a director of many railroad, telegraph and financial firms, including the Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
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In 1895, Howard Gould commissioned a 65-foot sloop named Niagara.
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Howard Gould owned a large steam yacht, called Niagara, which was built in 1898 by Harlan and Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware.
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In 1894, Howard Gould was engaged to marry actress Odette Tyler, but both of their families objected, and the engagement was broken.
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Howard Gould was an actress whose career had been heavily subsidized by William F Cody.
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Howard Gould filed for a divorce in 1907, which was finalized in 1909, and Howard charged her with infidelity, naming Cody.
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Howard Gould died at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan on September 13,1959, aged 88.
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Howard Gould was buried in the Gould Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx.
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In 1901, Howard Gould purchased undeveloped land in Sands Point to build a new home for his wife Katherine Clemmons.
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Howard Gould moved to Europe in 1917 and sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim and his family.