Edward Jackson Lowell

Edward Jackson Lowell (October 18, 1845 – May 11, 1894) was a United States (Massachusetts) lawyer and historian.

Biography
Born October 18, 1845 in Boston, Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1867. After his graduation, he spent several years studying and traveling abroad. In 1868, he married Mary Wolcott Goodrich. He pursued a business career for a year or so, studied law, and was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, bar in 1872. He practiced law until 1874, when his wife died, and he gave up his practise to take care of his children and study. In 1877, he married Elizabeth Gilbert Jones. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died May 11, 1894, in Cotuit, Massachusetts,

Family
He was a grandson of Francis Cabot Lowell. His son, Guy Lowell, became a distinguished American architect and landscape designer.

Works
He wrote numerous magazine and review articles.
 * (1892)
 * "The United States of America 1775–1782: Their Political Relations with Europe", a chapter from volume VII of Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America (1888). Some sources report the title of the section as "The Diplomacy and Finance of the Revolution".
 * "The United States of America 1775–1782: Their Political Relations with Europe", a chapter from volume VII of Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America (1888). Some sources report the title of the section as "The Diplomacy and Finance of the Revolution".