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LEFT LOVAT LOVAT, SIMON FRAZER, a Scotch nobleman; second son of Thomas Frazer of Beaufort; born in 1667. In 1699, on the death of his father, he as- sumed the title of Lord Lovat, to which on the death of the 11th Lord Lovat his father had acquired a disputed claim. To secure the estates he effected a forced marriage with the Dowager Lady Lovat, for which he was outlawed and forced to take refuge in France. After a varied life of intriguing, first on the Hanoverian side and next on the Stuart, and a long imprisonment, his title, which had been objected to in various elections, was de- cided in his favor by the Court of Ses- sion in 1730. On the outbreak of the rebellion of 1745, Lovat acted with his usual duplicity, sending his son to fight for the Pretender, while he himself re- mained at home, protesting his loyalty to the Hanoverian house. This conduct brought him to trial for treason, and resulted in his execution at Tower Hill, London, April 9, 1747. LOVEJOY, ELIJAH PARISH, an American abolitionist; born in Albion, Me., Nov. 9, 1802. Soon after his gradu- ation at Waterville, in 1826, he went West, where, after teaching for some time, he became editor of a political jour- nal. Subsequently he joined the Presby- terian Church and was licensed to preach in 1833. He then took editorial charge of the "Observer," a religious weekly published at St. Louis, Mo., and, first a believer in colonization, he gradually became strongly anti-slavery, though always opposing immediate and uncon- ditional abolition. His articles created great excitement, and when his office was finally wrecked by a mob in 1836 he decided to remove his paper to Alton, 111. Here three presses were destroyed by mobs. The fourth press was placed in a stone warehouse, which Love joy and some of his friends defended. The house was surrounded by a mob and the roof set on fire. In attempting a sally Love- joy was shot and killed, Nov, 7, 1837. A monument was erected to his memory, at Alton, in 1897. LOVELACE, RICHARD, an English Cavalier poet; born in Woolwich, Eng- land, in 1618. He was the eldest son of a Kentish knight of old family, and was educated at the Charterhouse and at Oxford. In April, 1642, he was com- mitted to the Gatehouse at Westminster for presenting to the House of Commons a petition from the royalists of Kent "for the restoring the king to his rights, and for settling the government," and was only released on bail of $200,000. In 1646 he took part in the siege of Dun- 24 LOW kirk, and was flung into prison on re- turning to England in 1648. In 1648 he published "Lucasta." In 1659 his brother collected his poems as "Lucasta: Posthume Poems." He died in London, England, in 1658. LOVER, SAMUEL, an Irish novelist; born in Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 24, 1797. Starting in life as a painter, his early success secured his election, in 1828, as an academician of the Royal Hibernian Society of Arts. While still engaged as painter, he turned his attention to liter- ature, and produced his celebrated "Legends and Tales Illustrative of Irish Character." Removing to London, in 1827, he published his popular novels, "Rory O'More," "Handy Andy" (his beslj work), and "Treasure Trove." He also wrote several popular songs and comia operas. In 1847 he visited the United States, returning to England the follow ing year. He died in St. Heliers, July 6, 1868. LOVETT, ROBERT SCOTT, American railroad president, bom in San Jacinto, Tex., 1860. Admitted to the bar in 1882 and two years later became attorney for the Houston East & West Texas Ry. Co. In 1904 he became general counsel for the Harriman railroad interests, and president in 1909. In March, 1918. he became Director of the Division of Addi- tions and Betterments under the U. S. Railroad Administration. LOW, A(LFRED) MAURICE, an Anglo-American journalist and writer; born in London in 1860. He was educated at King's College, London, and in Aus- tria. Sometime American correspondent of the London "Morning Post," and from 1896 wrote on American topics for the "National Review," London. In 1900 he investigated British labor conditions and in 1903 was appointed by the United States Government to investigate British trade unions and industries. Author of "The Supreme Surrender" (1901) ; "Pro- tection in the United States" (1904); "American Life in Town and Country" (1905) ; "Short History of Labor Legis- lation in Great Britain" (1907) ; "Amer- icans at Home" (1908) ; "The American People" (1909-1911); "The Real Truth About Germany" (1914). LOW, SETH, an American educator; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1850; was graduated at Columbia University in 1870; made a member of his father's mercantile firm in 1875; mayor of Brook- lyn in 1881-1885; and was elected pres- ident of Columbia University in 1890. In 1895 he erected for that institution a grand university library at a cost of