Lowell,Percival

Lowell,Percival
Lowell, Percival. 1855-1916.
American astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Arizona (1894), where his studies of Mars led him to believe that the planet was inhabited.

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  • Lowell , Percival — (1855–1916) American astronomer Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Lowell graduated from Harvard in 1876. His first interest was oriental studies but Giovanni Schiaparelli s report in 1877 of the ‘canali’ (mistranslated as ‘canals’) of Mars had… …   Scientists

  • Lowell, Percival — born March 13, 1855, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Nov. 12, 1916, Flagstaff, Ariz. U.S. astronomer. He was born into a distinguished Boston family. In the 1890s he built a private observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., to study Mars. He championed the now… …   Universalium

  • Lowell, Percival — (13 mar. 1855, Boston, Mass., EE.UU.–12 nov. 1916, Flagstaff, Ariz.). Astrónomo estadounidense. Nació en el seno de una familia distinguida de Boston. En la década de 1890 construyó un observatorio privado en Flagstaff, Ariz., para estudiar el… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Lowell, Percival — (1855 AD 1916 AD)    This American astronomer founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1894. This is the observatory where Clyde Tombaugh (1906 AD 1997 AD) discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

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  • Lowell — Lowell, Amy Lowell, James Russell Lowell, Robert ► C. del NE de E.U.A., en el NE del estado de Massachusetts, en la aglomeración urbana de Boston; 94 239 h. * * * (as used in expressions) Lowell, Amy Lowell, Francis Cabot Lowell, James Russell …   Enciclopedia Universal

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