Lowell, James Russell
Lowell, James Russell ( 1819 – 91 ),born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard. He succeeded Longfellow as professor of French and Spanish in 1855 , and was American minister in Spain, 1877 – 80 , and in England, 1880 – 5 . He was editor of the Atlantic Monthly in 1857 , and subsequently ( 1864 ), with C. E. Norton , of the North American Review . His works include several volumes of verse, the satirical Biglow Papers ( 1848 and 1867 , prose and verse), and memorial odes after the Civil War; and various volumes of essays, including Among My Books ( 1870 ) and My Study Window ( 1871 ). His Letters, ed. C. E. Norton , appeared in 1894 .
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