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| Born | October 18, 1845 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 1894 (aged 48) Cotuit, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Lawyer, historian |
| Relatives | Francis Cabot Lowell (grandfather) |
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Edward Jackson Lowell (October 18, 1845 – May 11, 1894) was a United States (Massachusetts) lawyer and historian.
Early life
[edit]Lowell was born October 18, 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a grandson of Francis Cabot Lowell.
Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1867. After his graduation, he spent several years studying and traveling abroad.
Lowell pursued a business career for a year or so, studied law.[1] He was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, bar in 1872.
Career
[edit]Lowell practiced law until 1874, when his wife died, and he gave up his law practise to take care of his children and study history.
He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He wrote several history book sand numerous numerous magazine and review articles.
Personal life
[edit]In 1868, he married Mary Wolcott Goodrich.[1] Their son, Guy Lowell, became a distinguished American architect and landscape designer. After his wife's death in 1874, he took care of his children. In 1877, he married Elizabeth Gilbert Jones.[1]
He died May 11, 1894, in Cotuit, Massachusetts.
Selected publications
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The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War (1884). A trip abroad in 1879 got him interested in the subject of German auxiliaries in the Revolutionary War. The material first appeared as a series of letters in The New York Times.[1]- "The United States of America 1775–1782: Their Political Relations with Europe", a chapter from volume VII of Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America (1888). Some sources report the title of the section as "The Diplomacy and Finance of the Revolution".
- The Eve of the French Revolution at the Internet Archive (1892)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Mayo, Lawrence S. (1933). "Lowell, Edward Jackson". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. XI. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 455–456.
General and cited references
[edit]- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
[edit]- Works by Edward Jackson Lowell at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward Jackson Lowell at the Internet Archive
- Lowell, A. Lawrence (1895). Memoir of Edward Jackson Lowell. John Wilson and Son.
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