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Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1816–1891)
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence. An American clergyman, educator, and author, brother of James Russell; born in Boston, Oct. 8, 1816; died on Sept. 18, 1891. He graduated from Harvard in 1833; was ordained a Protestant Episcopal minister in Bermuda in 1842; and held pastorates in Newfoundland, New Jersey, and New York. He became principal of St. Mark’s School, Southborough, MA, in 1869; and in 1873 professor of Latin in Union College, Schenectady, NY. His best-known work is the novel ‘The New Priest in Concepcion Bay’ (1864). He also wrote ‘Fresh Hearts, and Other Poems’ (1860); ‘Antony Brade’ (1874); a story of school life; ‘A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town’ (1878).