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  1. Abbott Lawrence Lowell

    Infobox University President image Abott Lawrence Lowell by John Singer Sargent 1923.jpeg width name Abbott Lawrence Lowell caption Abbott Lawrence Lowell br portrait by John Singer Sargent university ... and Greenough School , Harvard College , Harvard Law School Abbott Lawrence Lowell December 13, 1856 ... Henry Aaron Yeomans, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, 1856 1943 Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1948 , 50 ... Meyer, Apr. 29, 1915 , accessed January 6, 2010 ref ref Cite EB1922 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence ref During ... s work updates Pollack s with new evidence. ref Image Abbott Lawrence Lowell on TIME Magazine, June 21, 1926.jpg thumb left center Abbott Lawrence Lowell br Time magazine br June 21, 1926 center Lowell ..., Abbott Lawrence noicon x Cite EB1922 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence noicon x start box s aca succession box ... Abbott Lawrence Lowell ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION university administrator DATE OF BIRTH December ..., Massachusetts DEFAULTSORT Lowell, Abbott Lawrence Category Article Feedback Pilot Category 1856 ... people of English descent de Abbott Lawrence Lowell es Abbott Lawrence Lowell fr Abbott Lawrence Lowell pt Abbott Lawrence Lowell tr Abbott Lawrence Lowell ... Smith 83 ref Early years Lowell was born on December 13, 1856 in Boston, Massachusetts , the second son of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lowell. His siblings included the poet Amy Lowell , the astronomer Percival Lowell , and Elizabeth Lowell Putnam , an early activist for prenatal care. They were the great grandchildren of John Lowell and, on their mother s side, the grandchildren of Abbott Lawrence . ref Delmar R. Lowell Lowell, Delmar R. , The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America ... into social relations that are not, or may not be, mutually congenial. source A. Lawrence Lowell width ... quota on Jewish students was instituted in the 1920s during the presidency of A. Lawrence Lowell ... ref Lowell cut a large figure in American education and to some extent in public life as well. At Harvard ...   more details



  1. Abbott Lawrence

    Refimprove date February 2008 Infobox Congressman name Abbott Lawrence image name Abbott Lawrence.jpg ... Appletons Appleton Lawrence Amos Abbott signature.jpg Commonscat Abbott Lawrence Abbott Lawrence December ... mills of Lowell, Massachusetts . In that year, the Suffolk, Tremont and Lawrence companies were established in Lowell, and Luther Lawrence, the eldest brother, represented the firm s interests there. When Amos retired from the business in 1831 due to ill health, Abbott became head of the firm. In 1845 1847, the firm established and built up Lawrence, Massachusetts , named in honour of Abbott, who was a director of the Essex Company, which controlled the water power of Lawrence, and afterwards was president of the Atlantic Cotton Mills and Pacific Mills there. Many cite the Lawrence brothers as the founders of New England s influential textile industry. In the 1820s, Lawrence became a prominent ... abbott lawrence painting after.jpg thumb 250px Portrait of Ambassador Abbott Lawrence by G.P.A. Healy ... Appletons Lawrence, Amos year 1892 noicon x Cite NIE Lawrence, Abbott year 1905 noicon x Cite EB1911 Lawrence, Amos noicon x Cite NSRW Lawrence, Abbott noicon x Cite Americana Lawrence, Abbott noicon ... Persondata . NAME Lawrence, Abbott ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December ... DEFAULTSORT Lawrence, Abbott Category 1792 births Category 1855 deaths Category Lawrence ..., politician, and philanthropist. He founded Lawrence, Massachusetts . Biography Born in Groton, Massachusetts , the son of American Revolutionary War officer Samuel Lawrence revolutionary Samuel Lawrence , Abbott Lawrence attended Groton Academy , now Lawrence Academy at Groton . Upon his graduation in 1808, Lawrence became an apprentice to his brother, Amos Lawrence Amos , as chief clerk in his ... manufacturing. Initially called A. & A. Lawrence, the firm later was named A. & A. Lawrence and Co ... at the Harrisburg convention in 1827. In 1834, Lawrence was elected to the 24th Congress , as a United ...   more details



  1. Abbott Lowell Cummings

    Abbott Lowell Cummings 1923 is a noted architectural historian and genealogist, best known for his study of New England architecture. He currently lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts . Cummings was born in St. Albans city , Vermont St. Albans, Vermont , educated at the Hoosac School in New York, studied American art and architectural history at Oberlin College , and received his doctoral degree from Ohio State University in 1950. When young, he spent winters with his parents in Bennington, Vermont , and summers with his grandmother in Southington, Connecticut . In an interview with Laura Beech, Cummings reflected on his grandmother s influence At a personal level, my grandmother had as much influence as anyone on my life. She was a scientist by training, a Vassar College Vassar graduate who had studied astronomy. She drilled into me the need to be very factual. I also fell right in with all her genealogical interests. In his teens, Cummings joined the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities SPNEA, now known as Historic New England , and spent hours at the town clerk s office in Southington, tracing the titles of his ancestors colonial structures. Elmer Keith, a Wallingford, Connecticut , antiquarian and collector, taught Cummings to deconstruct a building to look behind its repairs and later additions. In graduate school, Cumming s thesis was on Seventeenth Century Massachusetts buildings, and dissertation on the Federal architect Asher Benjamin . Cumming s career mixed academic and museum positions. After receiving his degree in 1948, he taught at Antioch College . In 1951, as colleges began cutting staff due to the Korean War, Cummings lost his academic ... Beach, Abbott Lowell Cummings DuPont Award Winner 1998 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cummings, Abbott Lowell ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cummings, Abbott Lowell Category 1923 births Category American ...   more details



  1. Lowell and Lawrence Railroad

    The Lowell and Lawrence Railroad was a small independent railroad that was chartered in 1846 to build a rail line linking the two giant Merrimack Valley Merrimack River Valley cities of Lowell, Massachusetts to Lawrence, Massachusetts . Originally, the line was going to be built along the Merrimack River ... in Lawrence or the B&L in Lowell. The year the L&L opened, the Salem and Lowell Railroad was chartered ... over operation in 1858. By the time that the B&M took over control of the B&L in 1887, the Lowell and Lawrence was obsolete. The B&M had built its own branch line to Lowell in 1874, after the B&L ... it for the B&M to maintain two line between Lowell and Lawrence. The B&M ran some passenger service ... abandoned in 1983. The only part of the Lowell and Lawrence still in operation today are at either end of where the lines began and ended. In Lawrence, the first two miles of the line from Lawrence ... 04 9 http www.branchlinepress.com DEFAULTSORT Lowell Lawrence Railroad Category Defunct Massachusetts ... the Boston and Lowell Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad requested that the new line ... the B&M main line in South Lawrence. The line opened in 1848 and began running both freight and passenger ... to. The north point of the Wye was called Lawrence Jct the west point was called Tewksbury Jct and the south ... and Lowell, the entire Wye was called Tewksbury Jct. In 1852, the L&L allowed the B&M to run passenger service from Wilmington, Massachusetts Wilmington Jct to Lowell along the two lines in defiance of the monopoly owned by the B&L for all rail service between Lowell and Boston, Massachusetts Boston ... Lawrence to Tewksbury Jct in 1926. Then Tewksbury Jct to Tewksbury Center later that year when the B&M abandoned the Salem & Lowell from Tewksbury Jct to Wilmington Jct. Between 1895 and 1900, service ended on the line from its start at the Bleachery in Lowell to Wamesit in Tewksbury where the B&M .... The tracks were removed and the line from Tewksbury Center was directly connected to the B&M s Lowell ...   more details



  1. Lawrence Fraser Abbott

    Lawrence Fraser Abbott 1859 1933 was an United States American editor and writer, son of Lyman Abbott . Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lyman Abbott . He graduated from Amherst College in 1881. In 1891 he became president of the Outlook Company . As well as being a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt , throughout almost his whole life, he also served as secretary to Theodore Roosevelt during the latter s tour of Europe and Africa 1909 10 , and edited Roosevelt s African and European Addresses 1910 . He was the author of an article on Theodore Roosevelt in the Encyclopæ dia Britannica Encyclop&oelig dia Britannica Encyclopæ dia Britannica Eleventh Edition 1911 , and of Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt 1919 and The Story of NYLIC 1930 . See also Clara Whitehill Hunt Michael Ableman Adeline Pond Adams References NIE External links wikisource author http www.amherst.edu rjyanco94 genealogy acbiorecord 1881.html abbott lf Amherst College alumni entry http www.kingkong.demon.co.uk ccer 1930x.htm Books from 1930 with US copyright not renewed source for 1930 book and death date Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Abbott, Lawrence Fraser ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1859 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1933 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abbott, Lawrence Fraser Category 1859 births Category 1933 deaths Category American biographers Category American historians Category Amherst College alumni Category People from Brooklyn Category Theodore Roosevelt Category Abbott family US nonfiction writer stub ...   more details



  1. Abbott Lawrence Rotch

    File Abbott Lawrence Rotch.jpg thumb right Abbott Lawrence Rotch Abbott Lawrence Rotch January 6, 1861 April 7, 1912 was an United States American meteorology meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory , the longest continually operating observation site in the United States and an important site for world climatology . ref Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center. http www.bluehill.org history.html The Blue Hill Observatory Retrieved 2006 12 03. ref Early life Abbott Lawrence Rotch was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 6, 1861. ref Robert De Courcy Ward. http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0004 5608 1913 3 3C99 3AMOALR 3E2.0.CO 3B2 T Memoir of Abbott Lawrence Rotch. Retrieved on 2006 12 03. ref As a young man, Rotch became interested in the newly developing science of meteorology and determined to make this field his lifetime career. By the time he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1884, Rotch had conceived and carried into execution his plans for erecting a meteorological observatory on the summit of the Great Blue Hill, ten miles 16  km south of Boston in the Blue Hills Reservation , a 6,000 acre 24  km public park managed by the Metropolitan District Commission of the Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Milton, Massachusetts . Rotch chose the site because the elevation of convert 635 ft m was the highest ... hou00619 Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861 &ndash 1912. Papers Guide. Retrieved on 2006 12 03. ref ... did experiments in wireless telegraphy. ref Cite Americana Rotch, Abbott Laurence ref ref Cite NIE Rotch, Abbott Lawrence year 1905 ref See also Portal Biography Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory ... Category 19th century people de Abbott Lawrence Rotch sv Abbott Lawrence Rotch ... . NAME Rotch, Abbot Lawrence ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1861 01 06 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1912 04 07 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rotch, Abbot Lawrence Category 1861 births ...   more details



  1. Lowell

    Observatory, and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell Ralph Lowell 1890 1978 , businessman ... Abbott Lowell Cummings born 1923 , noted Yale architectural historian Lowell Bergman born 1945 , investigative ... Lawrence of Arabia Lowell Thomas, Jr. born 1923 , film and television producer, Alaskan Senator, and Alaskan ...wiktionary Lowell Lowell may refer to TOCright Places In the United States Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, Arkansas Lowell, Florida Lowell, Indiana Lowell, Bartholomew County, Indiana Lowell, Maine Lowell, Michigan Lowell, North Carolina Lowell, Ohio Lowell, Seneca County, Ohio Lowell, Oregon Lowell, Vermont Lowell, West Virginia Lowell town , Wisconsin Lowell, Wisconsin , a village within the Town of Lowell Lowell Hill, California Lowell Point, Alaska Lowell Township, Michigan Lowell Township, Polk County, Minnesota Lowell Township, Kearney County, Nebraska Other countries Lowell glacier, near the Alsek River , Canada Elsewhere Lowell lunar crater Persons As a surname The Lowell family , a prominent family name in England and America Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1856 1943 , lawyer, historian, philanthropist, and former President of Harvard University Amy Lowell 1874 1925 , poet, critic, publisher, and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell Andrea Lowell born 1983 , actress and model Augustus Lowell 1830 1900 , businessman, philanthropist, and father of Percival, Abbott Lawrence, and Amy Lowell Carey Lowell born 1961 , actress and wife of actor Richard Gere Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. 1782 1861 , Unitarian pastor, son of The Old Judge, father of James Russell, and great great grandfather of Robert Lowell Charles Russell Lowell 1835 1864 , Union General and American Civil War hero Charlie Lowell born 1973 , keyboardist for Jars of Clay Chris Lowell born 1984 , actor Delmar R. Lowell 1844 1912 , pastor, Civil War veteran, and genealogist Edward Jackson Lowell 1845 1894 , author and father of Guy Lowell Francis Cabot Lowell businessman 1775 1817 ...   more details



  1. The Lowell

    orphan date March 2010 Infobox nrhp name The Lowell nrhp type image The Lowell, 33 Lexington Avenue, Cambridge, MA IMG 4290.JPG caption location Cambridge, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 22 lat seconds 37 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 8 long seconds 25 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1900 architect Hasty,John A. architecture Colonial Revival added June 30, 1983 governing body Private mpsub Cambridge MRA refnum 83000815 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Commonscat The Lowell The Lowell is an historic building on 33 Lexington Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The building was constructed in 1900 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983. References reflist Registered Historic Places DEFAULTSORT Lowell, The Category 1900 architecture Category Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts CambridgeMA NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Abbott

    wiktionary Abbott Abbott may refer to People Abbott surname , for people named Abbott Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849 1921 , American painter and naturalist Places in the United States Abbott, Arkansas Abbott, California Abbott, Iowa Abbott, Mississippi Abbott, Nebraska Abbott, New Mexico Abbott, Texas Abbott, Virginia Abbott, West Virginia Abbott Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Science Abbott Laboratories , a pharmaceutical and health care company Other Abbot , a title given to the head of a monastery Abbott Detroit , an American luxury automobile E. D. Abbott Ltd , maker of car bodies in England between 1929 and 1972 Abbott s Get Together , a magic convention held in Michigan See also lookfrom Abbott Abbot disambiguation disambig de Abbott fr Abbott it Abbott lt Abbott pl Abbott pt Abbott ro Abbott ru sv Abbott ...   more details



  1. Augustus Lowell

    Hayes . Family Lowell was amongst the fifth generation in his family to graduate from Harvard College , class of 1850. On June 1, 1854 he married Katherine Bigelow Lawrence, the daughter of Hon. Abbott Lawrence . Both Augustus and Katherine Lawrence Lowell were able to trace their ancestry ... children went on to great public prominence. Eldest son Percival Lowell wrote several books on the Far East and on the planet Mars, and founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona . Their second son, Abbott Lawrence Lowell , succeeded Augustus as Trustee at the Lowell Institute in 1900, and became ... of Lowell Institute Trustee of Lowell Institute years 1881&ndash 1900 after A. Lawrence Lowell s end ...Augustus Lowell January 15, 1830 &ndash 1900 was a businessman and philanthropist from Massachusetts . He was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. His great grandfather, John Lowell , was among the first Judges for the newly created federal courts, appointed by Presidents George Washington and John Adams . Augustus elder brother, Judge John Lowell , would ... Lowell had seven children and thus named their convert 10 acre m2 adj on , Brookline, Massachusetts ..., Katharine Lowell, married 1 James Alfred Roosevelt, of the Long Island clan, and 2 T. James Bowlker, a Boston cotton mill owner. And their youngest daughter, Amy Lowell , 20 years younger than her brothers, would become the second celebrated poet in the Lowell family Greenslet 1946 . ref Ferris ... mill in Lowell, Massachusetts , for much of his early career. In 1875, he became Treasurer of The Boott Cotton Mill, also in Lowell. And in 1883, he was Director of The Winnipiseogee Lake Cotton and Woolen ..., Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884 ref He was also, as of 1878, a director of the Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts , the largest textile combine of its time. ref Quarter centennial history of Lawrence ... history of Lawrence, Massachusetts with portraits and biographical sketches of ex mayors, the board ...   more details



  1. Lowell family

    sides of the Atlantic to adopt the phonetic spelling. Notable Lowells Abbott Lawrence Lowell , lawyer ..., publisher, and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell Andrea Lowell , actress and model Augustus Lowell , businessman, philanthropist, and father of Percival, Abbott Lawrence, and Amy Lowell Carey ..., founder of Lowell Observatory , and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell Ralph Lowell , businessman ... James Russell Lowell Center Image Percival Lowell.jpg Center Percival Lowell Center Image Abbott Lawrence Lowell on TIME Magazine, June 21, 1926.jpg Center A. Lawrence Lowell Center Image JohnLowellJr.jpg ... School District Among those, Abbott Lawrence, Amy, Augustus, Carey, Charles Russell Sr., Charles ... and philanthropist Julian Lowell Coolidge , mathematician Abbott Lowell Cummings , noted Yale architectural ...Multiple issues unreferenced February 2008 refimprove December 2009 Image Lowell CoatOfArms.jpg thumb right Center Lowle Coate of Arms Center The Lowell family settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after ... Lupus , a nephew of William the Conqueror. Lowell family historian Delmar R. Lowell , gave much ... . The Lowell Family is on the NEHGS Royal descent list. Lowell s research relied heavily on a few ... . There is a possibility that Lowell is right. The use of the letters U and V , being .... It is from this period that Delmar Lowell traces the descent of the Lowles through England ... at Port Eynon Eynon . Delmar Lowell also suggests the long line of noble Norman families that Lowle .... Also, there were a number of Lowles who remained in England who could claim the right. Lowle to Lowell ... Lowle became Lowell. Delmar Lowell suggests that Rev. John Lowell was the catalyst in getting the Lowell ... spelled their surname Lowel, Lowle, Lowell, Lowl, and some spelled it Louell, and Louel even after ... Lowle while another son is Lowel and the wife as Lowell all in the same document. It s unlikely ... spelling their name Lowell around this time as well. By the mid 18th century in England there are plenty ...   more details



  1. Lowell Cemetery

    Infobox nrhp name Lowell Cemetery nrhp type hd image lowellcemgate.jpg caption Gate, Lawrence Street lat degrees 42 lat minutes 37 lat seconds 43 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 17 long seconds 34 long direction W location 77 Knapp Ave. br Lowell, Massachusetts nearest city Lowell, Massachusetts locmapin Massachusetts area built 1841 architect architecture designated added May 20, 1998 established visitation num visitation year refnum 98000543 mpsub governing body Lowell Cemetery is a cemetery located in Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell , Massachusetts . Founded in 1841 http www.lowellcemetery.com and located on the banks of the Concord River , the cemetery is one of the oldest Rural cemetery garden cemeteries in the nation, inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts . Many of Lowell s wealthy industrialists are buried here, under ornate Victorian tombstones. Image ayerlion.jpg thumb Ayer Lion, resting place of Dr. James Cook Ayer , patent medicine tycoon. Persons Buried Here Henry Livermore Abbott Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War Charles Herbert Allen Congressman First US civilian governor of Puerto Rico Frederick Ayer Industrialist Co Founder of the American Woolen Company James Cook Ayer Patent Medicine tycoon Benjamin Dean Congressman James B. Francis Chief Engineer of Proprietors of Locks and Canals Frederic T. Greenhalge United States Congressman and Governor of Massachusetts Chauncey Langdon Knapp Congressman John Locke Massachusetts John Locke Congressman John Jacob Rogers Congressman Edith Norse Rogers Congressman Augustin Thompson Inventor of Moxie Paul Tsongas United States Senator Tappan Wentworth Congressman External links cite web title Lowell Cemetery work Lowell Cemetery url http www.lowellcemetery.com accessdate 2007 11 18 Registered Historic Places Category Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Lowell, Massachusetts ...   more details



  1. Lowell House

    Harvard House Infobox name Lowell House university Harvard University colours Blue, White college name Lowell House named for Abbott Lawrence Lowell and the Lowell family shield File Lowell House Harvard ... 10 Holyoke Street sister college Pierson College homepage http www.lowell.harvard.edu File Lowell House belltower.JPG thumb 250px right Lowell House in autumn. Lowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate ... Street between the Harvard Yard and the Charles River. It is officially named for the Lowell family but an ornate ALL woven into the ironwork above the main gate discreetly alludes to Abbott Lawrence Lowell , Harvard s president at the time of construction. Its majestic neo Georgian design, centered ... for later Harvard houses nearby. Lowell House is simultaneously close to the Yard, Harvard Square ... landmark. History and traditions Lowell was one of the first Houses built in realization of President Lowell s long held dream of providing on campus accommodations for every Harvard College student ... system . Its first Master Clarify date March 2010 was Mathematics Department chairman Julian Lowell ... are thus only the fifth Masters in Lowell s 80 years. Lowell s sister college at Yale University ... http www.hcs.harvard.edu lho Lowell House Opera mounted in the dining hall. Springtime brings the Bacchanalia ... similar to a carillon , being played appropriately enough by Lowell s own authentic Russian zvon ... by Lowell s House Committee of elected undergraduates. Architecture Designed by the firm of Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott and constructed in 1930 for 3,620,000, Citation needed date May 2010 ref http lowell.harvard.edu house welcome.php Lowell House History, retrieved from the official ... I could be wrong. A non web site would be desirable. the House was named for the prominent Lowell family, closely identified with Harvard since John Lowell graduated in 1721. President Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1909 1933 instituted the House system, tutorials, the concentration system and reading ...   more details



  1. John Lowell

    Other persons John Lowell File OldJudgeLowell.jpg thumb right 200px John Lowell. John A. Lowell June ... of Johns, John Lowell is considered to be the patriarch of the Boston Brahmin Lowell Boston Lowells . He, with each of his three wives, established three distinct lines of the Lowell clan ... heroes, activists, innovators and philanthropists. John Lowell, his descendants, and many other ... Mifflin. ISBN 0 89760 263 3. ref Early life and family Lowell was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts , the second son of Rev. John Lowell reverend John Lowell and Sarah Champney. he was the only child to survive infancy. John was among the third generation in the Lowell family to be born in the New World and the second generation to attend Harvard College . Like his father before him, Lowell graduated ... practice in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Lowell married his first wife, Sarah 14 January 1745 5 May ... children, Anna Cabot 1768&ndash 1810 , John Lowell, Jr. lawyer John Lowell, Jr. 1769&ndash 1840 and Sarah Champney Lowell 1771&ndash 1851 . John the younger, known within his family as The Boston Rebel ..., produced the clan line that included businessmen John Amory Lowell , Augustus Lowell , and Ralph Lowell , federal judges John Lowell judge John Lowell and James Arnold Lowell and siblings author and innovator Percival Lowell , Harvard President Abbott Lawrence Lowell , and poet Amy Lowell . Lowell s wife, Sarah, died on May 5, 1772. Lowell married his second wife, Susanna 1754&ndash 77 , daughter of Francis Cabot and Mary Fitch, on May 31, 1774. Together they had two children, Francis Cabot Lowell ... a leader and innovator in American industry the city of Lowell, Massachusetts , is named in his honor. Descendants of Francis Cabot include businessman and philanthropist John Lowell, Jr. philanthropist John Lowell, Jr. , federal judge Francis Cabot Lowell judge Francis Cabot Lowell , and architect Guy Lowell . Susanna died on March 30, 1777. At the onset of the American Revolution , and after ...   more details



  1. Amy Lowell

    Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc name Amy Lawrence Lowell image Amy Lowell Time magazine cover 1925.jpg caption Miss Lowell on the cover of TIME magazine in 1925 birthname ... for Poetry Amy Lawrence Lowell February 9, 1874 &ndash May 12, 1925 was an United States American ... won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Personal life Lowell was born into Brookline s prominent Lowell family , sister to astronomer Percival Lowell and Harvard University Harvard president Abbott Lawrence Lowell . She never attended college because her family did not consider that proper for a woman ... Duse in Europe. Lowell was said to be lesbian , and in 1912 she and actress Ada Dwyer Russell ... women traveled to England together, where Lowell met Ezra Pound , who at once became a major influence and a major critic of her work. Lowell has been linked romantically to writer Mercedes de ... memorial for Duse. Lowell died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1925 at the age of 51. The following year ... poems was added to the volume The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell , published in 1955 with an introduction ... sonnets, Lowell was an early adherent to the free verse method of poetry and one of the major champions ...&pg PA6&lpg PA6&dq lowell polyphonic prose title The American prose poem author Michel Delville page ... Lowell was a promoter of both contemporary and historical poets. Her book Fir Flower Poets was a poetical ... to complete her two volume biography of John Keats . Writing of Keats, Lowell said that The stigma ... Amy Lowell volume II publisher HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY date 1925 page 152 ref Lowell was a short ... ?id u5AXdTOuGy4C&pg PA171&lpg PA171&dq 22hippopoetess. 22 Witter Bynner page 171 title Amy Lowell ... isbn 9780813533568 ref Lowell not only published her own work but also that of other writers. According ... with F. Holland Day Lowell was frustrated in composing her biography of Keats by the famous publisher ... pursued and the letters were therefore of considerable biographical interest. Lowell, who hoped ...   more details



  1. Lowell Institute

    The Lowell Institute est.1848 is an educational foundation in Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.A., providing for free public lectures, and endowed by the bequest of 237,000 left by John Lowell, Jr. philanthropist John Lowell, Jr. , who died in 1836. ref Elias Nason. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts. Boston B.B. Russell, 1874 ref Under the terms of his will 10 of the net income was to be added to the principal, which in 1909 was over a million dollars. None of the fund was to be invested in a building for the lectures the trustees of the Boston Athenaeum were made visitors of the fund but the trustee of the fund is authorized to select his own successor, although in doing so he must always choose in preference to all others some male descendant of his grandfather, John Lowell, provided there is one who is competent to hold the office of trustee, and of the name of Lowell, the sole trustee so appointed having the entire selection of the lecturers and the subjects of lectures. The first trustee was Lowell s cousin, John Amory Lowell , who administered the trust for more than forty years, and was succeeded in 1881 by his son, Augustus Lowell , who in turn was succeeded in 1900 by his son Abbott Lawrence Lowell , who in 1909 became president of Harvard University . The founder provided .... During the mid 20th century, the Lowell Institute decided to enter the radio and television ... of the Lowell Institute School, 1903 1928 Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1931 Harriette Knight ... The History of the Lowell Institute Boston Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898 Edward Weeks, The Lowells and Their Institute Boston Little, Brown, 1966 Margaret W. Rossiter. Benjamin Silliman and the Lowell ... links http forum network.org Public lectures page at forum network.org http www.cps.neu.edu lowell institute school Lowell Institute School at Northeastern University The http www.lib.neu.edu archives collect findaids m30find.htm Lowell Institute School Alumni Association records, 1905 1996 are located ...   more details



  1. Percival Lowell

    Percival Lawrence Lowell March 13, 1855 November 12, 1916 was a businessman, author, mathematician ...Infobox Scientist name Percival Lowell box width 220px image Percival Lowell.jpg image width caption Percival Lowell birth date birth date 1855 3 13 birth place death date death date and age 1916 11 12 ... the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff , Arizona , and formed the beginning of the effort ... symbol were partly influenced by his initials PL. Biography Percival Lowell, a descendant of the Boston Lowell family , was the brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell A. Lawrence , president of Harvard University , and Amy Lowell Amy , an imagist poet, critic, and publisher. ref name littmann62 cite ... Birthday Percival Lowell, First Man to Imagine Life on Mars ref In the 1880s, Lowell traveled extensively ... practices, economics, travel in Japan, and the development of personality. Books by Percival Lowell .... The most popular of Lowell s books on the Orient, The Soul of the Far East, 1888 contains ... wealth and influence, Lowell dedicated himself to the study of astronomy, founding the observatory ... year 1985 isbn 0486436020 ref For the last 23 years of his life astronomy, Lowell Observatory ... years of age. World War I very much saddened Lowell, a dedicated pacifist. This, along with some setbacks ... Solar Systems 1997 , pg. 49 ref Lowell is buried on Mars Hill near his observatory. Astronomy career Lowell became determined to study Mars and astronomy as a full time career after reading Camille Flammarion ... , who was director of the Milan Observatory. In 1894 Lowell chose Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff, Arizona ... 1990 , pg. 62 ref File Lowell Mars channels.jpg thumb right Martian canals depicted by Percival Lowell. For the next fifteen years he studied Mars extensively, and made intricate drawings of the surface markings as he perceived them. Lowell published his views in three books Mars 1895 , Mars and Its Canals 1906 , and Mars As the Abode of Life 1908 . With these writings, Lowell more than anyone ...   more details



  1. Guy Lowell

    by his cousin, Abbott Lawrence Lowell , during his tenure as Harvard President 1909 1933 ...Infobox Architect name Guy Lowell image Guy Lowell.jpg mother Mary Walcott Goodrich father Edward Jackson Lowell nationality American birth date birth date mf yes 1870 8 6 birth place Boston, Massachusetts ... Supreme Courthouse br Grosse Pointe Yacht Club significant projects awards Guy Lowell August 6, 1870 ... Jackson Lowell , and a member of Boston, Massachusetts Boston s well known Lowell family . As Percival Lowell s third cousin, Guy became the sole trustee of the Lowell Observatory after his cousin ... Born in Boston, Guy Lowell was a noted New England architect and teacher of landscape architecture at the Massachusetts institute of Technology MIT . Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1892, and received ..., 1898. Returning to the United States, Lowell opened his own practice in Boston in 1899 and was successful ... with Charles Eliot landscape architect Charles Eliot . Lowell is perhaps most recognized for his ... . Some of his other commissions included Lowell Lecture Hall at Harvard, and academic buildings ... American writer, poet, and foreign diplomat James Russell Lowell 1819 1891 . Lowell also made a name ..., Massachusetts, and Payne Whitney in Manhasett on Long island. Lowell designed many of the gardens ... project appears to have been the grounds of Harbor Hill 1905 the estate may have been Lowell s largest landscape architecture commission. It is in the area of education that Lowell left his lasting ... from 1900 until 1904 and it continued as a graduate course until 1909, with Lowell offering instruction ..., 2007. ref Lowell s program at MIT provided educational opportunities in landscape architecture for women ... Preservation Services, Historical Landscape Initiative, 1995. ref Lowell also published several .... Guy Lowell died in the Madeira Islands . Major buildings and gardens File Coe Hall PFA January 2006.jpg right thumb Coe Hall at Planting Fields BR Oyster Bay, New York 1902 Lowell Lecture Hall, Harvard ...   more details



  1. Ralph Lowell

    Trustee of the Lowell Institute , in 1943, upon the death of his cousin, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell . In cooperation with another Harvard President, James B. Conant , Lowell used his position at the Institute to help found the WGBH FM WGBH radio and WGBH TV television stations. Lowell would serve as Trustee of the Institute for the rest of his life and named his son, John Lowell, to succeed him. In 1973, Lowell was one of seven citizens officially recognized as Grand Bostonians for lives ...Commented out because image was deleted Image Lowell.jpg right thumb Center Ralph Lowell BR 1890&ndash ... Ralph Lowell July 23, 1890&ndash May 15, 1978 was a World War I veteran, banker, and philanthropist from Boston . Ralph was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to John and Mary Emlen Lowell Lowell 1899, p 302 . ref Delmar R. Lowell Lowell, Delmar . 1899 The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899, Rutland VT The Tuttle Company. ISBN 9780788415678. ref Lowell graduated from ... Ralph Lowell chose to pursue a career in banking and finance, as his family had a long history ... of Lowell s philanthropic and civic works paralleled significant transformations in the political ... Trustee for a City Ralph Lowell of Boston, Boston Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1555533698. ref Lowell died in Boston on May 15, 1978 at the age of eighty seven and was buried in the Old Westwood ... Newspapers. ref See also Lowell family First Families of Boston Lowell Institute References references External links http www.lib.umd.edu NPBA other lowell.html Ralph Lowell Reminiscences, 1964 start box succession box before A. Lawrence Lowell title List of Trustees of Lowell Institute Trustee of Lowell Institute years 1943&ndash 1978 after John Lowell businessman end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lowell, Ralph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lowell, Ralph Category 1890 births Category ...   more details



  1. Lowell, Massachusetts

    Infobox settlement official name City of Lowell nickname Mill City, Spindle City motto Art is the Handmaid of Human Good image skyline Lowell skyline.jpg imagesize 250px image caption Lowell on the Merrimack River with Cox Bridge image seal Lowellseal.jpg image flag image map Lowell ma highlight.png ... Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States ... in Massachusetts by population fourth largest city in the state . Lowell and Cambridge, Massachusetts ... Lowell is known in as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the United States and many of the city ... of the Merrimack River Merrimack and Concord River s Main History of Lowell, Massachusetts Founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textile s, Lowell is located along the rapids ... after their visionary leader, Francis Cabot Lowell businessman Francis Cabot Lowell , who had died five years before its 1823 incorporation. As Lowell s population grew, it acquired more land from ... women called Mill Girls , generally came from the farm families of New England. By the 1850s Lowell ... in the South. In 1860, there were more cotton spindles in Lowell than in all eleven states combined ... Jews . They came to work in Lowell and settled in ethnic neighborhoods, with the city s population ... features lowell timeline 1 Marion, Paul, Timeline of Lowell History From 1600s to 2009 , Yankee Magazine ... plants close. Over the next few decades, the city was just a shadow of itself. In the 1970s, Lowell ... time, Lowell became home to thousands of new immigrants, many from Cambodia , following the genocide ... on culture. The former mill district along the river was partially restored and became part of the Lowell ... continued its cultural focus by hosting the nation s largest free folk festival, Lowell Folk ... reuse adapted as residential units and office space. By the 1990s, Lowell built a new ballpark and arena, which became home to two minor league sports teams, the Lowell Devils and Lowell Spinners ...   more details



  1. Lowell (crater)

    Lowell crater may refer to Lowell lunar crater Lowell Martian crater geodis ...   more details



  1. Lowell Township

    Lowell Township may refer to the following places in the United States Lowell Township, Michigan Lowell Township, Minnesota Lowell Township, Kearney County, Nebraska geodis de Lowell Township ...   more details



  1. Lowell Connector

    Infobox road name Lowell Connector map Lowell Connector.png length mi 2.88 length ref ref Executive Office ... Image I 495.svg 25px Interstate 495 Massachusetts I 495 in Lowell MA Lowell br Image MA Route 3A.svg 20px Route 3A northeastern Massachusetts Route 3A in Lowell MA Lowell terminus b Gorham Street in Lowell MA Lowell The Lowell Connector , officially the American Legion Connector Highway , is a small ... U.S. Highway 3 and Interstate 495 Massachusetts Interstate 495 to downtown Lowell, Massachusetts . The freeway has its southern terminus at US 3 and its northern terminus in downtown Lowell, where it feeds ... 3A . This alignment, nearly parallel to Massachusetts Route 110 , provides much of Lowell with a direct ... access to Lowell s eastern and western suburbs by way of Route 3 and 495. There is possibly a little discussion to do here on why Lowell has no highway access to the North, and plans that probably never made it past paper to bypass 113 like in Lawrence or provide a highway bridge over the Merrimack in Lowell History Image Business Spur 495 Plain St.jpg 100px left thumb The only remaining indication ... roads lowell Lowell Connector bostonroads.com ref , the Lowell Connector is located along the re ... Central neighborhood, up to and along the Concord River , then onward to Lowell s main street, Merrimack ... 16732972 accessdate November 29, 2010 newspaper The Sun Lowell The Sun date November 29, 2010 ref When ... Exit 4 . Accidents The Lowell Connector was recently ranked the most dangerous highway in Massachusetts ... Lowell Connector Among Most Dangerous MA Roads CBS 4 Boston ref The Connector has many serious .... The Lowell Connector is probably best known for the abrupt and steeply downhill termination onto ... immediate opposite to the termination. Incidentally, Lowell has one of the lowest incidences of seatbelt ..., Massachusetts Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell align left 1 align left 0 Image US 3.svg 30px U.S. Highway 3 US 3 US 3 exit 30 Chelmsford, Massachusetts Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts ...   more details



  1. Lowell, Indiana

    Infobox settlement official name Lowell, Indiana settlement type Town nickname motto Images image skyline ... areas Lowell Highlighted.svg mapsize 250x200px map caption Location in the state of Indiana ... ID blank1 info 0438358 GR 3 website http www.lowell.net footnotes Lowell is a small developing ... was 9,276 at the 2010 census. Geography Lowell is located at Coord 41 17 33 N 87 24 54 W 41.292370 ... Basin , Lowell sought permission to pipe in lake water to replace city water drawn from its high fluoride ... on the lakes. Lowell s request was turned down in 1991. Lowell lies on the Valparaiso Moraine , almost on the Kankakee Outwash Plain . The town also lies near the Continental divide St. Lawrence .... Schools Lowell Senior High School Lowell, Indiana Lowell Middle School Lowell, Indiana Lake Prairie Elementary School Lowell, Indiana Oak Hill Elementary School Lowell, Indiana Three Creeks Elementary School Lowell, Indiana Lowell Christian Academy Lowell, Indiana Saint Edward Catholic School Lowell, Indiana Events Lowell Labor Day Parade & Labor Day Fest. Lowell hosts the oldest Labor Day United States Labor Day parade in Indiana . Buckley Homestead , east of Lowell, hosts a number of events ... of Lowell include actress Jo Anne Worley ,Jada Roberts and humanitarian and librarian Mary Emma Allison . Public libraries The Lowell Public Library 5 is located at 1505 East Commercial Avenue in Lowell. The library also has branches in the nearby communities of Shelby and Schneider. Lake County Indiana has 7 independent library systems, the Lowell Public Library and its branches is one of the seven systems. 2009 was the Lowell Public Library s busiest year ever. Circulation and use of the library ... External links http www.lowell.net Town of Lowell, Indiana website http www.lowellpl.lib.in.us history.htm Detailed history of Lowell on the Lowell Public Library s website Lake County, Indiana Chicagoland Category Lake County, Indiana Category Towns in Indiana ca Lowell Indiana ht Lowell, Indiana nl ...   more details



  1. Lowell Thomas

    refimprove date July 2009 Infobox Person name Lowell Thomas image Lowell Thomas WJROneOfAKind.jpg caption ... 1981 8 29 1892 4 6 mf y death place Pawling village , New York Pawling, New York , USA Lowell ... broadcaster , and traveller best known as the man who made T. E. Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia famous ... public. Lawrence of Arabia Thomas and a cameraman, Harry Chase , first went to the Western Front ... , as an accredited war correspondent, Thomas met T. E. Lawrence , a captain in the British Army in Jerusalem . Lawrence was spending 200,000 a month encouraging the inhabitants of Palestine to revolt against the Turks. Thomas and Chase spent several weeks with Lawrence in the desert, though Lawrence said several days. Lawrence agreed to provide Thomas with material on the condition that Thomas ... footage of Lawrence and, after the war, toured the world, narrating his film, With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia , making Lawrence and himself household names. The performances were ... to provide the accompaniment. Lawrence saw the show several times, and though he later claimed to dislike it, it generated valuable publicity for his own book. However, to strengthen the emphasis on Lawrence in the show, Thomas needed more photographs of him than Chase had taken in 1918. Lawrence therefore ... of publicity. Thomas later said of Lawrence, He had a genius for backing into the limelight. Thomas and Lawrence s initially friendly relations grew colder as Thomas s show grew in popularity, with Thomas ignoring several personal requests from Lawrence to stop the show. The shows gave Lawrence a degree ... affairs. However, Lawrence said that he never forgave Thomas for exploiting his image, and called him a vulgar man. For his part, Thomas genuinely admired Lawrence and continued to defend him against attacks on his reputation. Lawrence s brother, A.W. Lawrence Arnold , extended Thomas an olive branch and allowed him to contribute to T.E. Lawrence by his Friends 1937 , a collection of essays and reminiscences ...   more details




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