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James Russell Lowell

American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891).

Born February 22nd, 1819 in Cambridge.

Died August 12th, 1891 at 72 years old in Cambridge (cancer).

Occupations
diplomat, essayist, journalist, literary critic, pedagogue, poet, publisher, writer

Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black