Lowell family - Definition

The Lowell family is a Boston Brahmin family of the United States. The family was founded in America by Percival Lowell, a 1639 immigrant to Newbury, Massachusetts. Distinguished members of the family include:

• John Lowell, statesman
• Francis Cabot Lowell, businessman and founder of Lowell, Massachusetts
• James Russell Lowell, poet
• Amy Lowell, poet
• Robert Lowell, poet
• Percival Lowell, astronomer and founder of Lowell Observatory
• Abbott Lawrence Lowell, historian and President of Harvard University
• Charles Russell Lowell, Union General in the American Civil War