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Lowell

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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: 104,000.
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).
Lowell, Amy 1874-1925.
American poet. A leader of the imagists, she wrote several volumes of poetry, including Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914).
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).
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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Noun1.Lowell - United States poet (1917-1977)
Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
2.LowellLowell - United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)
Percival Lowell
3.LowellLowell - United States poet (1874-1925)
Amy Lowell
4.LowellLowell - United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
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I was met at the station at Lowell by a gentleman intimately connected with the management of the factories there; and gladly putting myself under his guidance, drove off at once to that quarter of the town in which the works, the object of my visit, were situated.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
For appreciative criticism of some of the great poets the essays of Lowell and of Matthew Arnold are among the best.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
THIS stanza from "The Raven" was recommended by James Russell Lowell as an inscription upon the Baltimore monument which marks the resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, the most interesting and original figure in American letters.
An Appreciation by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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