biography
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Lowell, James Russell
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| male
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| lived:
| (1819–91)
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| biography:
| Poet, essayist, and diplomat, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He studied at Harvard, then published two volumes of poetry, helped to edit The Pioneer, and in 1846, at the outbreak of the Mexican War, started work on what was to become The Biglow Papers (1848), a poem denouncing the pro-slavery party and the government. In 1855 he was appointed professor of modern languages and literature at Harvard, went to Europe to finish his studies, and edited the Atlantic Monthly from 1857. The second series of Biglow Papers appeared in 1867. He was later appointed US minister to Spain (1877–80) and Britain (1880–5). |
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