George Harry Bertram Gould [also known as George Henry Bertram Gould] was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1879 and was articled to Frank Brown (1859-1929) and George Hastings Burgess (1869?-1944) from 1901 to 1904. He then worked as an assistant to George William Leighton (1868?-1940) in Ipswich in 1904-05 and to John Shewell Vorder (1857-1922) in 1905-06. He qualified as an architect in 1907 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1908. He subsequently practised as an architect in Ipswich, Suffolk. By 1913 he had moved to Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Gould submitted an entry in a competition to design the Middle School for Boys and Girls in Tiverton, Devon. His designs are illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 2, no. 20, February 1909 (pp. 264). He also submitted an entry in a competition to design Colchester Technical Institute. His designs are illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 2, no. 22, June 1909 (pp. 320-324).
Gould's address was given as 46 Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, and Meade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk in 1908; 9 Tower Street, Ipswich, Suffolk in 1909; Hurlingham House, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex in 1913 and 1939; and 63 Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex in 1952. He died in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex on 6 October 1952.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001