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Amy Lowell

Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (died 1925)

Born
February 9, 1874
Died
May 12, 1925
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1874

About Amy Lowell

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Her first published work appeared in 1910 in Atlantic Monthly. After beginning a career as a poet when she was well into her 30s, Lowell became an enthusiastic student and disciple of the art.

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Amy Lowell timeline

  1. Her first published work appeared in 1910 in Atlantic Monthly.
  2. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.

The world when Amy Lowell was born

Amy Lowell was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
  • Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
  • Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
  • World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Amy Lowell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18742026
Population41.8M341 million

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