The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lowell, Edward Jackson

LOWELL, Edward Jackson, American author: b. Boston, 18 Oct. 1845; d. Cotuit, Mass., 11 May 1894. He was the grandson of Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817) (q.v.). He was graduated from Harvard in 1867, was admitted to the Suffolk County bar in June 1872, for a time practised law in Boston, but subsequently devoted himself exclusively to literary work. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his writings are &lsquo;The Hessians and the other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War&rsquo; (1884), recognized as standard; &lsquo;The Eve of the French Revolution&rsquo; (1892); and the section on &lsquo;The Diplomacy and Finance of the Revolution&rsquo; in Winsor's &lsquo;Narrative and Critical History of America&rsquo; (1884-89), and numerous magazine and review articles.