Lowell

Low·ell  (ll)

A city of northeast Massachusetts on the Merrimack River northwest of Boston. Settled in 1653, it was once a major textile center and now has diversified industries. Population: 103,000.

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Lowell, Abbott Lawrence 1856-1943.

American educator and president (1909-1933) of Harvard University. He wrote Essays on Government (1889) and Conflicts of Principle (1932).

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Lowell, Amy 1874-1925.

American poet. A leader of the imagists, she wrote several volumes of poetry, including Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914).

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Lowell, James Russell 1819-1891.

American editor, poet, and diplomat. He edited the Atlantic Monthly (1857-1861) and served as U.S. minister to Spain (1877-1880) and Great Britain (1880-1885).

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Lowell, Percival 1855-1916.

American astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Arizona (1894), where his studies of Mars led him to believe that the planet was inhabited.

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Lowell, Robert Traill Spence, Jr. 1917-1977.

American poet whose works include Life Studies (1959) and The Dolphin (1973), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Lowell [ˈləʊəl]

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1. (Biographies / Lowell, Amy (Lawrence) (1874-1925) F, US, WRITING: poet, WRITING: critic) Amy (Lawrence). 1874-1925, US imagist poet and critic

2. (Biographies / Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891) M, US, WRITING: poet, WRITING: essayist, POLITICS: diplomat) James Russell. 1819-91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)

3. (Biographies / Lowell, Robert (Traill Spence) (1917-1977) M, US, WRITING: poet) Robert (Traill Spence). 1917-77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Lowell - United States poet (1917-1977) Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
	2.	Lowell - United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) Percival Lowell
	3.	Lowell - United States poet (1874-1925)       Amy Lowell
	4.	Lowell - United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) Abbott Lawrence Lowell