and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.

Life and career

Early life and work

Percival Lowell was born on March 13, 1855, in Boston, Massachusetts, the first son of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lowell. A member of the Brahmin Lowell family, his siblings included the poet

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