Frederick James Gould

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Frederick James Gould


Born
in Brighton, England, The United Kingdom
December 19, 1855

Died
April 06, 1938

Genre

Influences


(1855 – 1938)

Frederick James (F.J.) Gould was an educationalist, councillor, secularist and humanist.

Born in Brighton but brought up in London, Gould became a chorister at Windsor, and a religious teacher, but left this comfortable position to teach in the East End of London where he tried to reform religious teaching.

He became involved with Charles Watts in the Rationalist and Ethical movements, and was appointed Secretary to Leicester Secular Society in 1899 where he stayed until 1908, during which time he was also
elected as a Labour Councillor.

He was particularly interested in moral lessons without theology for children, and was invited to give a series of model lessons in America (1911 and 1913-14) and in India, under Government auspice
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