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Percival Lawrence Lowell (March 13, 1855–November 12, 1916) was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning...


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Percival Lowell ( March 13 , 1855 – November 12 , 1916 ) was an amateur astronomer. A millionaire, he founded a professional-quality observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona that is still in use. He is best known for his claims that Mars was covered with...


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The American Enterprise
My favorite Martian. (astronomer Percival Lowell)
01/01/1998: 735 words, approx. 3 pages
Astronomer Percival Lowell claimed that Mars is populated by a race of superior engineers. He led an observing expedition in the Southwest during the great Mars opposition of 1894 and was very impressed with the 'steady air' of Arizona. He later built the Lowell...
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The Boston Globe
Percival Lowell, 85 Was sailboat builder
07/25/1991: 201 words, approx. 1 pages
Percival M. Lowell, a builder of sailboats like his father and grandfather and eight earlier generations of Lowells beginning before the Revolution, died of congestive heart failure yesterday at Seaview Convalescent and Nursing Home in Rowley. He was 85 and lived in Rowley. ...
 


 

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