b. 22 February 1819. d. 12 August 1891. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Author, editor, literary critic, diplomat, and abolitionist. Educated at Harvard University.
Abandoned a brief legal career to become a writer, and began to publish prolifically
in American magazines. Married the poet Maria White (Maria White Lowell) Lowell in
1844 and, following her death, married Frances Dunlap in 1857. Co-founded the magazine
*Pioneer* with Robert Carter in 1843, editor of the *Atlantic Monthly* from 1857 to
1861, and was co-editor with Charles Eliot Norton of the *Northern American Review*
from 1864 to 1868. Became professor of modern literature in Harvard in 1856. Poetry
volumes include *A Year’s Life* (1841), *Poems* (1844), *Vision of Sir Launfal* (1848),
*The Cathedral* (1870). Biographical information: *ANB*. (AC)