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  1. James Russell Lowell ( / ˈloʊəl /; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) 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 that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and ...

  2. Mar 22, 2024 · James Russell Lowell (born Feb. 22, 1819, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.—died Aug. 12, 1891, Cambridge) was an American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose major significance probably lies in the interest in literature he helped develop in the United States. He was a highly influential man of letters in his day, but his reputation ...

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  4. James Russell Lowell. 1819–1891. The most versatile of the New Englanders during the middle of the nineteenth century, James Russell Lowell was a vital force in the history of American literature and thought during his lifetime. His range and perspicacity in literary criticism are unequalled in nineteenth-century America.

  5. Lowell died on August 19, 1891. A poet of great renown in the 19th century, Lowell was one of six children born to Harriet B. Spencer and Charles Lowell, the Unitarian minister who served the West Church of Boston for many years. The elder Lowell was theologically Unitarian, but he refused to attach himself to any definitive denominational ...

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  6. Jun 11, 2018 · The versatility of American poet, editor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) made him an influential figure in 19th-century America. James Russell Lowell was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 22, 1819, of a well-established New England family. Following family tradition, he attended Harvard, graduating in 1838 and taking a law degree ...

  7. James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819– August 12, 1891) 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. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters ...

  8. Date of Death: August 12, 1891. Place of Burial: Cambridge, MA. Cemetery Name: Mount Auburn Cemetery. Born at his family home, called Elmwood, and attending Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Lowell had deep ties to Cambridge, MA. In 1855 Lowell succeeded his friend Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard ...

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