Lowell, Francis Cabot – Lowry, Joseph Henry
Lowell, Francis Cabot
merchant, was born April 7, 1775, in Newburyport.
In 1813 he became convinced that it was practicable to introduce cotton manufacture into the United States, and the result was the establishment of factories at Waltham, Mass., and finally, after his death, the foundation of the city of Lowell, which was named in his honor. He died Aug. 10, 1817, in Boston, Mass.
Lowell, Francis Cabot
lawyer, author, was born in 1855 in Massachusetts.
He is a Boston lawyer; and the author of Joan of Arc, a valuable historical biography.
Lowell, James Russell
author, poet, was born Feb. 22, 1819, in Cambridge, Mass. He was born in Cambridge, and was graduated from Harvard university in 1839, where he succeeded Longfellow as professor of belles-lettres in 1855. He was one of the founders of The Atlantic Monthly, editing that periodical from the start in 1857 until 1862, and co-editor of The North American Review during 1863-72. In 1877 he was appointed minister to Spain, and in 1878 transferred to England, where heremained as minister until 1885. His poetical works are: A Year's Life; Poems; The Vision of Sir Launfal; A Fable for Critics; The Biglow Papers; Poems; The Commemoration Ode; The Biglow Papers, second series; Under the Willows, and Other Poems; Three Memorial Poems; Heartsease and Rue; and Last Poems.
In prose his writing comprises Conversations with Some of the Old Poets; Life of Keats; Fireside Travels; The President's Policy; Among My Books; My Study Windows; Among My Books, second series; Democracy, and Other Addresses; Political Essays; Latest Literary Essays and Addresses; The Old English Dramatists; and Letters, edited by C. E. Norton. He died Aug. 12, 1891.
Lowell, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 17, 1743, in Newburyport, Mass. He settled in Boston as a lawyer; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1782 to 1783; and was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Massachusetts.
He was appointed judge of the district court for the Massachusetts district in 1789; and in 1801 was appointed chief justice of the first circuit. He was one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He wrote an English poem, No. 3, in the Pietas, printed at Cambridge. He died May 10, 1802, in Roxbury, Mass.
Lowell, John
political writer, was born Oct. 6, 1769, in Newburyport. He was for many years president of the State Agricultural society, inherited his father's love for horticulture, and has been called the Columella of the New England States. Among his political pamphlets, of which he published about twenty-five, are Peace without Dishonor-War without Hope, an Inquiry into the Subject of the Chesapeake; Candid Comparison of the Washington and Jefferson Administrations; Diplomatick Policy of Mr. Madison Unveiled. He died March 12, 1840, in Boston, Mass.
Lowell, John
philanthropist, was born May 11, 1779, in Boston, Mass. He bequeathed $250,000 for the maintenance in Boston of annual courses of free public lectures on religion, science and the arts.
This establishment, the Lowell institute, went into operation in the winter of 1839- 40, and has been continued since that time with eminent success. He died March 4, 1836, in India.
Lowell, John
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 18, 1824, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Massachusetts; and in 1878 was appointed judge of the United States circuit court.
LOWELL, MRS. JOSEPHINE [SHAW], author, was born Dec. 16, 1843, in West Roxbury, Mass. She is a philanthropist of New York city; and the author of Public Relief and Private Charity.
Lowell, Joshua A
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1801, in Thomaston, Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1832, 1833, 1835, and 1837; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1839 to 1843. He was a presidential elector in 1844. He died March 13, 1874, in Machias, Maine.
LOWELL, MRS. MARIA [WHITE], poet, was born July 8, 1821, in Watertown, Mass. She was the first wife of J. R.
Lowell; and the author of a volume of poems. The Alpine Sheep is her best known poem. She died Oct. 27, 1853, in Cambridge, Mass.
Lowell, Percival
author, was born in 1855 in Massachusetts. He is a Boston writer, traveler, and astronomical investigator; and the author of Chosön, a sketch of Korea; The Soul of the Far East; Noto: an Unexplored Corner of Japan; Occult Japan; and Mars.
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence
educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 8, 1816, in Boston, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator, head master of St. Mark's school of Southborough in 1869-73, and professor of Latin at Union college in 1873-79. After the latter date he continued to live at Schenectady, which is the locale of his book, A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town, as Southborough suggests that of his popular story of school life, Antony Brade. His other works include The New Priest in Conception Bay, a novel of life in Newfoundland, the scene of his first rectorship; and Fresh Hearts that Failed Three Thousand Years Ago, and Other Poems.
The Defence of Lucknow is his most familiar poem. He died in 1891.
Lower, Christian
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1807.
Lowndes, Lloyd
lawyer, banker, legislator, governor, was born Feb. 21, 1845, in Clarksburg, W. Va. He received his education at the Washington college, and at the Alleghany college of Pennsylvania. He removed to Cumberland, Md.; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican. He served with distinction as governor of Maryland; and for many years has been president of the Second National bank of Cumberland.
Lowndes, Rawlins
lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born in 1722, in the West Indies. In 1766 he was appointed associate justice in Charleston, S. C. He became a member of the state legislature; and in 1778 was president of the province.
He died Aug. 24, 1800, in Charleston, S. C.
Lowndes, Thomas
congressman, was born in 1765 in Charleston, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1801 to 1805. He died July 8, 1843, in Charleston, S. C.
Lowndes, William Jones
congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1782, in Charleston, S. C. He served in the South Carolina state legislature in 1806 and 1808; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1811 to 1822. He died Nov. 22, 1822, at sea.
Lowrey, William Tyndale
clergyman, college president, was born March 3, 1858, in Tishomingo county, Miss. Since 1885 he has been president of the Blue Mountain Female college.
Lowrie, John Cameron
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 16, 1808, in Butler, Pa. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city; and the author of Travels in Northern India; Two Years in Upper India; Manual of Foreign Missions; Missionary Papers; and Presbyterian Missions.
Lowrie, John Marshall
clergyman, author, was born July 16, 1817, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New Jersey; and the author of Esther and Her Times; Adam and His Times; A Week with Jesus; The Translated Prophet; The Prophet Elisha; and The Life of David. He died Sept. 26, 1867, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Lowrie, Samuel Thompson
clergyman, educator, author, was born Feb. 8, 1835, in Pittsburg, Pa. He holds the office of chaplain to the Presbyterian hospital in Philadelphia. He was associated in the translation of the volumes on Isaiah and Numbers of Lange's Commentaries; wrote Explanation of Hebrews; and translated Cremer's Beyond the Grave.
Lowrie, Walter
United States senator, was born Dec. 10, 1784, in Scotland. He was a senator in congress from Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1825. He was secretary of the United States senate from 1825 to 1836; and was subsequently appointed secretary of the board of foreign missions, which position he held for thirty years. He died Dec. 14, 1868, in New York city.
Lowrie, Walter Hoge
lawyer, jurist, was born March 3, 1807, in Armstrong county, Pa. He was chosen president judge of a judicial district in western Pennsylvania, where he remained until his death. He died Nov. 14, 1876, in Meadville, Pa.
Lowry, Joseph Eugene
railroad manager, was born Jan. 28, 1863, in Yorkville, S. C. Since 1881 he has been in the railroad service as assistant superintendent of transportation; and since 1892 as car accountant of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad at Americus, Ga.
Lowry, Joseph Henry
educator, clergyman, was born April 13, 1852, in Monroe county, Tenn. He received the rudiments of his education in the district schools; then attended the Bolivar Male academy of Madisonville, Tenn., and the Hiwassee college, from which institution he graduated in 1880 with the degree of B. S. In 1880 he was licensed to preach, and three years later was ordained a clergyman in the presbyterian church. He has filled chairs in Cain Creek academy, Loudon college and Hiwassee college; has been county superintendent of public instruction for Monroe county, during 1887-91, and has attained success as a clergyman in Tennessee, and now fills a pastorate in Kincaid.