Lowell
Encyclopedia
In the United States
- Lowell, MassachusettsLowell, MassachusettsLowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
- Lowell National Historical ParkLowell National Historical ParkLowell National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of the United States located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Established in 1978 a few years after Lowell Heritage State Park, it is operated by the National Park Service and comprises a group of different sites in and around the city of...
- Lowell (MBTA station)Lowell (MBTA station)Lowell is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Lowell, Massachusetts. The station forms part of the Charles A. Gallagher Transit Terminal, which also incorporates the Robert B. Kennedy Bus Transfer Center.- Terminal and services:...
- Lowell National Historical Park
- Lowell, ArkansasLowell, ArkansasLowell is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,327. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Lowell, CaliforniaLowell, CaliforniaLowell is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 66 feet . Lowell is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, south of Napa Junction....
- Lowell, FloridaLowell, FloridaLowell is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. It is located near the intersection of County Road 329 and County Road 25A. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Lowell, IndianaLowell, Indiana-Demographics:At the 2000 census, there were 7,505 people, 2,697 households and 2,030 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,839.2 per square mile . There were 2,809 housing units at an average density of 688.4 per square mile...
- Lowell, Bartholomew County, IndianaLowell, Bartholomew County, IndianaLowell is an unincorporated town in Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana....
- Lowell, MaineLowell, MaineLowell is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 291 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- Lowell, MichiganLowell, MichiganLowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,013. The city is in the northern portion of Lowell Township, but is politically independent...
- Lowell, North CarolinaLowell, North CarolinaLowell is a small city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States and a suburb of both Charlotte and Gastonia. The population was 2,662 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lowell is located at ....
- Lowell, Washington County, OhioLowell, OhioLowell is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. The population was 628 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- Lowell, Seneca County, OhioLowell, Seneca County, OhioLowell is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It is located at the intersection of State Route 778 and State Route 101....
- Lowell, OregonLowell, OregonLowell is a city in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,045.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 25.0%, is water....
- Lowell, VermontLowell, VermontLowell is the westernmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census.-School District:* Budget - $1,199,600* Principal - Scott Boskind...
- Lowell, West VirginiaLowell, West VirginiaLowell is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Lowell is located on the Greenbrier River east of Hinton and southwest of Alderson. The community was first settled in 1770 and is the oldest community in Summers County....
- Lowell (town), WisconsinLowell (town), WisconsinLowell is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,169 at the 2000 census. The Village of Lowell is located within the town.-Geography:...
- Lowell, WisconsinLowell, WisconsinLowell is a village in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Beaver Dam River. The population was 366 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Lowell.-Geography:Lowell is located at ....
, a village within the Town of Lowell
- Lowell, Wisconsin
- Lowell Hill, CaliforniaLowell Hill, CaliforniaLowell Hill is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, located south of Washington. In 1880, its population was 75.A post office serviced the settlement during the period of 1878 until 1918. Lowell Hill is included in a map though 1950....
- Lowell Point, AlaskaLowell Point, AlaskaLowell Point is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, just outside of Seward. At the 2000 census the population was 92.-Geography:Lowell Point is located at ....
- Lowell Township, MichiganLowell Township, MichiganLowell Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 5,219...
- Lowell Township, Polk County, Minnesota
- Lowell Township, Kearney County, NebraskaLowell Township, Kearney County, NebraskaLowell Township is one of fourteen townships in Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 207 at the 2000 census. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 199.-External links:*...
As a surname
- The Lowell familyLowell familyThe Lowell family settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle , described as a "solid citizen of Bristol", determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World.Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed...
, a prominent family name in England and America - Abbott Lawrence LowellAbbott Lawrence LowellAbbott Lawrence Lowell was a U.S. educator and legal scholar. He served as President of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933....
(1856–1943), lawyer, historian, philanthropist, and former President of Harvard University - Amy LowellAmy LowellAmy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.- Personal life:...
(1874–1925), poet, critic, publisher, and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell - Andrea LowellAndrea LowellAndrea Lowell is an American actress and model most recognizable from her Playboy magazine nude pictorials and on air work for a variety of Playboy TV programs....
(born 1983), actress and model - Augustus LowellAugustus LowellAugustus Lowell was a businessman and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. His great-grandfather, John Lowell, was among the first Judges for the newly created federal courts, appointed by Presidents George...
(1830–1900), businessman, philanthropist, and father of Percival, Abbott Lawrence, and Amy Lowell - Carey LowellCarey LowellCarey Lowell is an American actress and former model.-Early life:Lowell was born in Huntington, New York and spent much of her childhood traveling with her father, James Lowell, who was a geologist. Immediately after graduating from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, CO., she was signed by the...
(born 1961), actress and wife of actor Richard Gere - Charles Russell Lowell, Sr.Charles Russell Lowell, Sr.Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. was a Unitarian minister.-Biography:He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended The Roxbury Latin School and later Harvard College in 1800 where he studied law and then theology...
(1782–1861), Unitarian pastor, son of The Old Judge, father of James Russell, and great-great grandfather of Robert Lowell - Charles Russell LowellCharles Russell LowellCharles Russell Lowell, Jr. was a railroad executive, foundryman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was mourned by a number of leading generals...
(1835–1864), Union General and American Civil War hero - Charlie LowellCharlie LowellCharlie Lowell is an American pianist most known for being the pianist and keyboardist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay.-Biography:...
(born 1973), keyboardist for Jars of Clay - Chris LowellChris LowellChristopher "Chris" Lowell is an American television actor. He played the role of Stosh "Piz" Piznarski in the CW noir drama Veronica Mars and most recently played the character William "Dell" Parker in the ABC Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice.-Personal life:Lowell was born in Atlanta,...
(born 1984), actor - Delmar R. LowellDelmar R. LowellRev. Delmar Rial Lowell was a minister, Civil War veteran, American historian, and genealogist. Delmar was born in South Valley, NY to Reuben and Catherine Seeber Lowell. He used the spelling "Delmer" for a few years as a teenager before reverting to the original spelling. Delmar graduated...
(1844–1912), pastor, Civil War veteran, and genealogist - Edward Jackson LowellEdward Jackson Lowell-Biography:Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1867. He was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts bar in 1872, and practised law for a few years.-Works:...
(1845–1894), author and father of Guy Lowell - Francis Cabot Lowell (businessman) (1775–1817), businessman and namesake of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Francis Cabot Lowell (judge) (1855–1911), U.S. Congressman and Federal Judge
- Guy LowellGuy LowellGuy Lowell , American architect, was the son of Mary Walcott and Edward Jackson Lowell, and a member of Boston's well-known Lowell family....
(1870–1927), architect and landscape designer - James Russell LowellJames Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets...
(1819–1891), poet, critic, publisher, abolitionist, Harvard professor, and foreign diplomat - Joan LowellJoan LowellHelen Joan Lowell was a movie actress of the silent film era from Berkeley, California. Lowell published a sensational autobiography, Cradle of the Deep in 1929, which turned out to be a pure fabrication....
(1902–1967), actress and newspaper reporter - John LowellJohn LowellJohn A. Lowell was an American lawyer, selectman, jurist, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and federal judge....
(1743–1802), aka The Old Judge, U.S. Federal Judge appointed by President George Washington - John Lowell, Jr. (lawyer)John Lowell, Jr. (lawyer)John Lowell, Jr. was an American lawyer and notable member of the Federalist Party in the early days of the United States of America.-Career:...
(1769–1840), aka The Boston Rebel, Federalist lawyer and son of The Old Judge - John Lowell, Jr. (philanthropist) (1799–1836), son of Industrialist Francis Cabot Lowell and founder of the Lowell Institute
- John Amory LowellJohn Amory LowellHon. John Amory Lowell was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston. He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin, John Lowell, Jr. , the Institute's endower, died...
(1798–1881), businessman and philanthropist - John Lowell (judge)John Lowell (judge)John Lowell was a United States federal judge from Boston, Massachusetts. He was appointed to separate judgeships by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Rutherford B. Hayes.-Family:...
(1824–1897), U.S. Federal judge and son of John Amory Lowell - Josephine Shaw LowellJosephine Shaw LowellJosephine Shaw Lowell was a Progressive Reform leader in the United States in the Nineteenth century. She is best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890.-Early years:...
(1843–1905), sister of American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw, first woman to hold a public office in New York City, and wife of Gen. Charles Russell Lowell - Maria White LowellMaria White LowellMaria White Lowell was an American poet and abolitionist.-Life and career:Maria was born in Watertown, Massachusetts to a middle-class intellectual family...
(1821–1853), poet, abolitionist, and wife of James Russell Lowell - Mike LowellMike LowellMichael Averett Lowell is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. During a 13-year career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees , Florida Marlins , and the Boston Red Sox...
(born 1974), baseball player for the Boston Red Sox - Norman LowellNorman LowellNorman Lowell is a former banker, and the founder and leader of Imperium Europa, a New Right Maltese political party.-Politics:...
(born 1946), founder of the extreme-right Maltese political party, Imperium Europa - Percival LowellPercival LowellPercival Lawrence Lowell was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death...
(1855–1916), author, astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory, and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell - Ralph LowellRalph LowellMajor Ralph Lowell was a World War I veteran, banker, and philanthropist from Boston.Ralph was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to John and Mary Emlen Lowell . Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1912...
(1890–1978), businessman, philanthorpist, and founding force behind Boston's WGBH public television - Robert LowellRobert LowellRobert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress where he served from 1947 until 1948...
(1917–1977), poet and lecturer - Scott LowellScott LowellScott Lowell is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore 'Ted' Schmidt on the Showtime drama Queer as Folk.-Biography:...
(born 1965), actor
As a given name
- Hurricane Lowell (disambiguation), the name given to three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), of the Ackroyd Baronetcy of Dewsbury and Lord Mayor of London (1955–56)
- Godfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell Cabot was an American industrialist and philanthropist, who founded the Cabot Corporation.-Early life:...
(1861–1962), businessman and philanthropist - Julian Lowell Coolidge (1873–1954), mathematician
- Abbott Lowell CummingsAbbott Lowell CummingsAbbott Lowell Cummings is a noted architectural historian and genealogist, best known for his study of New England architecture. He currently lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.Cummings was born in St...
(born 1923), noted Yale architectural historian - Lowell BergmanLowell BergmanLowell A. Bergman is an American investigative reporter with The New York Times and a producer/correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline...
(born 1945), investigative reporter and television news magazine producer - Lowell EnglishLowell EnglishMajor General Lowell Edward English was a United States Marine Corps general who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.-Biography:Lowell English was born in Fairbury, Nebraska, on July 8, 1915. He received a B.A...
(1915–2005), USMC Maj. General - Lowell FulsonLowell FulsonLowell Fulson was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom...
(1921–1999), blues guitarist - Lowell GanzLowell GanzLowell Ganz is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel.-Life and career:...
(born 1948), television producer and screenwriter - Lowell GeorgeLowell GeorgeLowell Thomas George was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, who was the main guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat.- Early years :...
(1945–1979), songwriter, guitarist and late member of the band Little Feat - Lowell LewisLowell LewisThe Honourable Lowell Lyttleton Lewis is a politician , a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. He took office on 2 June 2006 and headed a coalition government consisting of the Montserrat Democratic Party , which he leads, the former ruling New People's Liberation Movement , and an independent...
(born 1952), Chief Minister of Montserrat - Richard Lowell Madden (born 1955), television personality and interior decorator aka Christopher Lowell
- Lowell MasonLowell MasonLowell Mason was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His most well-known tunes include Mary Had A Little Lamb and the arrangement of Joy to the World...
(1792–1872), gospel composer - Lowell PalmerLowell PalmerLowell Raymond Palmer is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round of the 1966 amateur draft . He played for the Phillies , St. Louis Cardinals , Cleveland Indians , and San Diego Padres...
(born 1947), MLB pitcher - Lowell W. PerryLowell W. PerryLowell Wesley Perry was an American football player and coach, government official, businessman, and broadcaster. He was the first African American assistant coach in the National Football League , the first African American to broadcast an NFL game to a national audience, and Chrysler's first...
(1931–2001), NFL player, coach, and sports commentator - William Lowell PutnamWilliam Lowell PutnamWilliam Lowell Putnam II was an American lawyer and banker.-Biography:...
(1861–1923), banker, lawyer, and philanthropist - Lowell SmithLowell SmithLowell Herbert Smith was a pioneer American airman who piloted the first airplane to receive a complete mid-air refueling on June 27, 1923, and later set an endurance record of 37 hours on August 28, both in a De Havilland DH-4B...
(1892–1945), pioneer airman - Lowell ThomasLowell ThomasLowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous...
(1892–1981), newsman, radio and newsreel host best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia - Lowell Thomas, Jr.Lowell Thomas, Jr.Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr. is a film and television producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska .In the 1980s, he...
(born 1923), film and television producer, Alaskan Senator, and Alaskan Lt. Governor. - Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1980...
(born 1931), former US Representative, Senator and Connecticut Governor - Ava Lowle WillingAva Lowle WillingAva Lowle Willing, Lady Ribblesdale was an American socialite and the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV.-Biography:...
(1868–1958), Philadelphia socialite and ex-wife of John Jacob Astor IV
As a fictional name
- Christopher LowellChristopher LowellChristopher Lowell is an interior decorator and television personality. He is best known for hosting the television shows Interior Motives and It's Christopher Lowell!...
, stagename for Richard Lowell Madden, interior designer and TV host - Elizabeth Lowell, penname for Ann Maxwell, popular romance writer
- Lowell MatherLowell MatherLowell Mather is a character in the American TV sitcom Wings, portrayed and further developed by American actor Thomas Haden Church.Lowell was a dim-witted but likable mechanic/handyman who works at the airport and is available to everyone when repairs are needed...
, character on TV sitcom Wings played by actor Thomas Haden Church - Yuri Lowell, the main character in the game Tales of VesperiaTales of Vesperiais the tenth main title in the Tales series. It was developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Xbox 360. The title was announced on December 22, 2007 at Jump Festa, and was released on August 7, 2008 in Asia, and on August 26, 2008 in North America...
In California
- Lowell High School (Whittier, California)Lowell High School (Whittier, California)Lowell High School was a public high school in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District from September 1961 until June 1980, when it was closed because of declining student enrollment. It was a four-year institution, with students coming primarily from Rancho-Cañada and Starbuck Junior High...
, high school, Whittier - Lowell High School (San Francisco)Lowell High School (San Francisco)Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962....
, high school, San Francisco
In Massachusetts
- Lowell InstituteLowell InstituteThe Lowell Institute is an educational foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., providing for free public lectures, and endowed by the bequest of $250,000 left by John Lowell, Jr., who died in 1836. Under the terms of his will 10% of the net income was to be added to the principal, which in...
, educational foundation, Boston - Lowell LineLowell LineThe Lowell Line is a railroad line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from Boston to Lowell, Massachusetts. Originally built as the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and later operated as part of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Southern Division, the line was one of the first railroads in...
, train line, Boston - Lowell HouseLowell HouseLowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate residential houses within Harvard College, located on Holyoke Place facing Mount Auburn Street between the Harvard Yard and the Charles River...
, Harvard undergrad dormitory, Cambridge - Lowell DevilsLowell DevilsThe Lowell Devils, formerly known as the Lowell Lock Monsters from 1998 to 2006, were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League playing in Lowell, Massachusetts at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. In 2006, they were purchased by the New Jersey Devils franchise and renamed to the Lowell...
, hockey team, Lowell - Lowell High School (Lowell, Massachusetts)Lowell High School (Lowell, Massachusetts)Lowell High School is a single-campus public high school located in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. The school is a part of Lowell Public Schools...
, high school, Lowell - The Sun (Lowell), newspaper, Lowell, Mass
- University of Massachusetts LowellUniversity of Massachusetts LowellThe University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public university in Lowell, Massachusetts, and part of the University of Massachusetts system...
university, Lowell
Ships
- USS Lowell (SP-504)USS Lowell (SP-504)USS Lowell was a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.Lowell was built as a commercial steam lighter of the same name in 1909 by Verdin's Yard at Staten Island, New York. In 1917 she was rebuilt as a steam tug by Shewan’s Dry Dock Company at Brooklyn,...
, a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919