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Percival Lowell was a male person from the United States. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His works are referenced by 214 other encyclopedia articles.
He is associated with the genres of blues and electric blues. He has a presence on Last.fm with 2 listeners and a playcount of 2. Crossref lists 5 works, while Open Library lists 21 works. Top works include Noto, The Gohei - A Classic Article on the Wooden Wands Used in Shinto Rituals, The Soul of the Far East, 能登, and 고요한아침의나라.
Lowell was born on March 13, 1855, and died on November 12, 1916. His name appears in the Commons category and Creator page. A description is available at a JSTOR URL.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Flagstaff
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- diplomacy
- Image
- Percival Lowell 1900s2.jpg
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- described at URL
- www.jstor.org/stable/23298476
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Percival Lowell
- Commons Creator page
- Percival Lowell
- date of birth
- 1855-00-00
- date of death
- 1916-00-00
- name in native language
- Percival Lowell
- cause of death
- stroke
- writing language
- English language
- student
- Andrew Ellicott Douglass
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P6944
- Percival Lowell
- collection items at
- National Museum of Natural History
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Encyclopedic overview
Percival Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. He 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.
Life and career
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