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Lowell graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1867. After his graduation, he spent several years studying and traveling abroad. He was admitted to the [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]], bar in 1872 |
Lowell graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1867. After his graduation, he spent several years studying and traveling abroad. In 1868, he married Mary Wolcott Goodrich.<ref name=dab>{{Cite DAB|title=Lowell, Edward Jackson|year=1933|author=Lawrence S. Mayo}}</ref> He pursued a business career for a year or so, studied law,<ref name=dab/> and was admitted to the [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]], bar in 1872. He practised law until 1874, when his wife died, and he gave up his practise to take care of his children and study. In 1877, he married Elizabeth Gilbert Jones.<ref name=dab/> He was a member of the [[Massachusetts Historical Society]] and a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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* {{Internet Archive|id=hessiansotherger00lowe|name=The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War}} (1884) |
* {{Internet Archive|id=hessiansotherger00lowe|name=The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War}} (1884) A trip abroad in 1879 got him interested in this topic. The material first appeared as a series of letters in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=dab/> |
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* {{Internet Archive|id=eveoffrenchrevol00lowerich|name=The Eve of the French Revolution}} (1892) |
* {{Internet Archive|id=eveoffrenchrevol00lowerich|name=The Eve of the French Revolution}} (1892) |
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* “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 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.” |
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Revision as of 22:56, 30 July 2013
Edward Jackson Lowell (October 18, 1845, Boston – May 11, 1894, Cotuit, Massachusetts) was a United States (Massachusetts) lawyer and historian.
Biography
Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1867. After his graduation, he spent several years studying and traveling abroad. In 1868, he married Mary Wolcott Goodrich.[1] He pursued a business career for a year or so, studied law,[1] and was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, bar in 1872. He practised law until 1874, when his wife died, and he gave up his practise to take care of his children and study. In 1877, he married Elizabeth Gilbert Jones.[1] He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Works
- The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War at the Internet Archive (1884) A trip abroad in 1879 got him interested in this topic. The material first appeared as a series of letters in The New York Times.[1]
- The Eve of the French Revolution at the Internet Archive (1892)
- “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.”
He wrote numerous magazine and review articles.
Family
He was a grandson of Francis Cabot Lowell. His son, Guy Lowell, became a distinguished American architect and landscape designer.
Notes
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2013) |
- ^ a b c d Lawrence S. Mayo (1933). "Lowell, Edward Jackson". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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