Percival Lowell

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Percival Lowell was an American astronomer best known for his observations of Mars, his speculation about Martian canals, and for founding the Lowell Observatory, which later led to the discovery of Pluto.

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Percival Lowell canonical 6
Percival Lawrence Lowell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer
businessperson
human
writer
burialPlace Lowell Observatory
surface form: Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
causeOfDiscovery search for Planet X
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1855-03-13
dateOfDeath 1916-11-12
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University
employer Lowell Observatory
era early 20th century
late 19th century
familyName Lowell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Mars observation
astronomy
celestial mechanics
planetary astronomy
founded Lowell Observatory
fullName Percival Lowell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Percival Lawrence Lowell
genre popular science
travel literature
givenName Percival
hasInfluenceOn discovery of Pluto
heritage New England Brahmin
surface form: New England elite family
influenced Clyde Tombaugh
knownFor founding Lowell Observatory
popularizing the idea of canals on Mars
search for Planet X beyond Neptune
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Lowell family
notableIdea Mars and Its Canals
surface form: Martian canals

hypothesis of intelligent life on Mars
notableRelative James Russell Lowell
notableWork Mars
Mars and Its Canals
Mars as the Abode of Life
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods
The Soul of the Far East
occupation astronomer
author
businessman
mathematician
placeOfActivity Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Flagstaff
surface form: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Flagstaff
surface form: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
positionHeld director of Lowell Observatory
religion Unitarianism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Flagstaff
surface form: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
sexOrGender male
sibling Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Amy Lowell
studied Mars
Mercury
Venus
outer planets
theorized existence of Planet X beyond Neptune

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Lowell family hasNotableMember Percival Lowell
Clyde Tombaugh inspiredBy Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory foundedBy Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory namedAfter Percival Lowell
Lowell Observatory employed Percival Lowell
Percival Lowell fullName Percival Lowell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Percival Lawrence Lowell
Amy Lowell sibling Percival Lowell