Percival Lowell was born in 1855 and died
in 1916. He lived a life of an astronomer and made significant
observations of the planets. He is best known for his belief
that there are canals on the surface of Mars and that these
canals provide evidence for the existence of intelligent life
there.
Pervical Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts
and eduvated at Harvard University. He traveled in Japan and
Korea and wrote books about his travels and made a good living
from selling his books.
Lowell, Percival (1855-1916), American astronomer,
who made significant observations of the planets. He is best known
for his belief that there are canals on the surface of Mars and
that these canals provide evidence for the existence of intelligent
life there. In 1894 he founded an
d became director of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff,
Arizona. From 1902 until his death, he was nonresident professor
of astronomy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He predicted
the discovery of Pluto, which astronomers later discovered in 1930
at the Lowell Observatory. His writing include Mars and Its Canals
(1906), Memoir on a Trans-Neptunian Planet (1915), and The Genesis
of the Planets (1916).
