Lowell

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L0267400 (lō′əl) A city of northeast Massachusetts on the Merrimack River northwest of Boston. Developed by a group of industrialists in the 1820s, it was a major textile center into the first half of the 1900s.

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(ˈləʊəl) n1. (Biography) Amy (Lawrence). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic2. (Biography) James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)3. (Biography) 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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n. 1. Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic. 2. James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat. 3. Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer (brother of Amy Lowell). 4. Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet. 5. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River. 100,973.

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Noun	1.	Lowell - United States poet (1917-1977)Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
	2.	Lowell - United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)Percival Lowell
	3.	Lowell - United States poet (1874-1925) Amy Lowell
	4.	Lowell - United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)Abbott Lawrence Lowell

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See also: National Parks and Monuments (table)National Parks and Monuments

National Parks
Name Type¹ Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Lowell,

city (1990 pop. 103,439), a seat of Middlesex co., NE Mass., at the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord rivers; settled 1653, set off from Chelmsford 1826, inc. as a city 1836. High-technology computer industries have developed there; other manufactures include electronic and electrical equipment, textiles, rubber products, chemicals, machine parts, foodstuffs, shoes, and plastics. The city grew after textile mills were built at Pawtucket Falls, and it became one of the major textile centers of the country. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum, several "mill girl" boardinghouses, and the town's historic canal system are preserved in the Lowell National Historical Park, which also traces 19th-century industrial development (see National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and Monuments

National Parks
Name Type¹ Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
..... Click the link for more information. (table)); the American Textile History Museum is adjacent. A campus of the Univ. of Massachusetts is in Lowell. The city has several fine parks, and James WhistlerWhistler, James Abbott McNeill,
1834–1903, American painter, etcher, wit, and eccentric, b. Lowell, Mass.

Whistler was dismissed from West Point for insufficient knowledge of chemistry and from the U.S.
..... Click the link for more information. 's birthplace is preserved. Charles DickensDickens, Charles,
1812–70, English author, b. Portsmouth, one of the world's most popular, prolific, and skilled novelists. Early Life and Works

The son of a naval clerk, Dickens spent his early childhood in London and in Chatham.
..... Click the link for more information. visited Lowell in 1842 and described it in American Notes.

Bibliography

See J. P. Coolidge, Mill and Mansion (1942, repr. 1967); T. Bender, Toward an Urban Vision (1982).

Lowell

a city in the northeastern USA in Massachusetts, New England, situated by the rapids on the Merrimack River. Population, 94,000 (1970); 213,000 including suburbs.

In 1970, 20,000 people were employed in industry. Industrial equipment is manufactured in the city, and radio-electronics, textile, clothing, leather footwear, and printing industries are located there. In the second half of the 19th century, Lowell was the most important textile center in the USA (“the American Manchester”); a textile institute is in the city.

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1. Amy (Lawrence). 1874--1925, US imagist poet and critic 2. James Russell. 1819--91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867) 3. 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 United States poet (1917-1977)

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noun United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)

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noun United States poet (1874-1925)

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noun United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)

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