Background
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence was born on October 8, 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Charles and Harriet (Spence) Lowell.
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence was born on October 8, 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Charles and Harriet (Spence) Lowell.
Graduated from Harvard, 1833, attended Medical School, 1833-1836.
Ordained priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1843. Missionary in Newfoundland, 1843-1847, Newark, New Jersey, 1848-1859. Rector Christ Church, Duanesburg, New York, 1859-1868.
Professor belles lettres Racine (Wisconsin) College, 1868. Headmaster St. Mark’s School, Southboro, Massachusetts, 1869-1873. Professor Latin language and literature Union College, 1873-1879.
Author: The New Priest in Conception Bay, 1858. A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town, 1878. Poems, 1864.
Married Mary Ann Duane, October 28, 1845, 7 children.