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James Russell Lowell born in 1819 in Cambridge, Mass. was influential in revitalizing the intellectual life of New England in the mdi-19th century. Educated at Harvard, he abandoned law for literature. In 1843 he started a literary magazine, the "Pioneer", which failed after two issues. The following year Lowell married Maria White, an ardent abolitionist and liberal, who encouraged him in his work. Lowell's "Poems" (1844, 1846), "A Fable for Critics" (1848), "the Vision of Sir Launfal" (1848), and "The Bigelow Papers " (1848, 2nd series 1867) brought him considerable notice as a poet and critic. In 1855, Lowell became professor of modern languages at Harvard, a position he held until 1876. He also served as first editor (1857-61) of the "Atlantic Monthly" and later (1864-72) of the "North American Review".In his later writings he turned to scholarship and criticism. Collections of his essays and literary studies appeared as "Fireside Trabels" (1864), "Among My Books" (1870), and "My Study Windows" (1871). In 1877 he was appointed minister to London, where he remained until 1885. While abroad he did much to increase the respect of foreigners for American letters and American institutions; his speeches in England, published as "democracy and Other Addresses" (1887) are among his best work. Lowell died in 1891.
In the verso of the photograph a penned caption reads "Lowell, JR".
