Percival Lowell Biography

Percival Lowell biography

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NAME: Percival Lowell
OCCUPATION: Academic, Astronomer
BIRTH DATE: March 13, 1855
DEATH DATE: October 12, 1916
EDUCATION: Noble and Greenough School, Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Flagstaff, Arizona

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Astronomer Percival Lowell is best known for his speculations of life on Mars and for influencing the naming of Pluto, chosen in part based on his initials.

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Percival Lowell was an astronomer, author and mathematician who founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. He is best known for fueling speculation that there was life on Mars, a vision that has had enormous impact on the development of Science Fiction. The naming and symbol for Pluto, which was discovered at his observatory, is in part derived from Lowell's initials.