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| Lowell, James Russell. Hon. LL.D. 1874. S. of the Rev. Charles, minister of the West Church (Unitarian), Boston, Mass., U.S.A., and Harriet Birkett, dau. of Keith Spence, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. B. Feb. 22, 1819, at Boston, Mass. B.A., Harvard, 1838. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1873. 'Author, teacher, public servant, and foremost American man of letters in his time.' Professor of Modern Literature at Harvard College, 1855. U.S.A. Minister in Spain, 1877-80; in England, 1880-5. Married Maria White, and had issue. Author, Poems (several volumes); The Biglow Papers; Fable for Critics; American Prose Writers; Political Essays; The Old English Dramatists, etc. His Letters, in 2 volumes, were edited by Charles E. Norton, 1893. Died Aug. 12, 1901. (Dict. of American Biography, XI. 458.) | James Russell LOWELL Approx. lifespan: 1819–1901 Hon.LLD 1874 s. of Church, Charles Lowell minister of the West, Rev. (Unitarian), Boston, Massachusetts , USA ., and Harriet Birkett dau. of Keith SPENCE, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire , USA b. 1819:02:22 at Boston, Massachusetts BA Harvard: 1838 Hon. DCL OX 1873 "Author, teacher, public servant, and foremost American man of letters in his time." Professor of Modern: Literature at Sch: Harvard College Harvard [ USA ] 1855 USA , Minister in: : Spain 1877-80 ;in England 1880-85 m. Maria White. had issue Publ.: Poems (several volumes); The Biglow Papers; Fable for Critics; American Prose Writers; Political Essays; The Old English Dramatists etc. His Letters, in 2 volumes, were edited by Charles E. Norton 1893 d. 1901:08:12 ( Dict. of American Biography, XI. 458.) |