Low·ell (l   l) 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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)
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| Noun | 1. | Lowell - United States poet (1917-1977) |
| 2. |  Lowell - United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) | |
| 3. |  Lowell - United States poet (1874-1925) | |
| 4. |  Lowell - United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) |
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