What is "lowell"

Lowell may refer to:

Elizabeth Lowell Boland, known by stage name Lowell, is a Canadian singer and songwriter, known by the song "Ride", which features Icona Pop, and is featured in the 2016 film, Nerve.

Lowell is a lunar impact crater that lies just beyond the western limb of the Moon. It is embedded within the northwestern part of the Montes Rook mountain ring of the Mare Orientale impact basin. This portion of the Moon's far side is sometimes brought into view of the Earth during periods of favorable libration and lighting, although it is only seen from the edge.

The crater is circular in outline, with a well-defined edge. A small crater lies along the edge of the eastern rim. The inner wall is wider along the western side, and there are some terrace structures. In the middle of the crater is a central peak on the interior floor.

Lowell is a regional rail station and northern terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line, located off Thorndike Street ( MA-3A) near the end of the Lowell Connector south of downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. The station forms part of the Charles A. Gallagher Transit Terminal, which also incorporates the Robert B. Kennedy Bus Transfer Center, named for local politician Robert B. Kennedy. It is a major park-and-ride station for the commuter rail system, serving commuters from Lowell, northern Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire. The Kennedy Bus Transfer Center is the transfer point for all Lowell Regional Transit Authority local bus routes and several intercity bus routes by other operators.

Lowell is a crater in Aonia Terra, Thaumasia quadrangle, Mars. Lowell crater has a ring of mountains on its floor which gives it a sort of bull's eye appearance.

Nearby features include the craters Slipher to the north and Coblentz to the southwest, the small mountain Aonia Mons to the west, and Aonia Planum to the southeast.

The crater was named after Percival Lowell who build the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona in 1894. He used the observatory to discover over 500 canals on Mars. Lowell promoted the idea that they were constructed by an intelligent race. However, when pictures were received from spacecraft, the canals were found to be illusions. Nevertheless, much of the later interest in Mars exploration resulted from the efforts of Percival Lowell.

Image:Lowell Crater Rim.JPG|Lowell crater northeast rim, as seen by HiRISE. Crater floor is toward the bottom of picture. crater p82.jpg|Mosaic of Viking Orbiter images, with Lowell at right Wikilowelldunes.jpg|Sand dunes in Lowell Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Lowell is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), of the Ackroyd Baronetcy of Dewsbury and Lord Mayor of London (1955–56)
• Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861–1962), businessman and philanthropist
• Julian Lowell Coolidge (1873–1954), mathematician
• Abbott Lowell Cummings (born 1923), noted Yale architectural historian
• Lowell Bergman (born 1945), investigative reporter and television news magazine producer
• Lowell English (1915–2005), USMC Maj. General
• Lowell Fulson (1921–1999), blues guitarist
• Lowell Ganz (born 1948), television producer and screenwriter
• Lowell George (1945–1979), songwriter, guitarist and late member of the band Little Feat
• Lowell Lewis (born 1952), Chief Minister of Montserrat
• Richard Lowell Madden (born 1955), television personality and interior decorator aka Christopher Lowell
• Lowell Mason (1792–1872), gospel composer
• Lowell Palmer (born 1947), MLB pitcher
• Lowell W. Perry (1931–2001), NFL player, coach, and sports commentator
• William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), banker, lawyer, and philanthropist
• Lowell Smith (1892–1945), pioneer airman
• Lowell Thomas (1892–1981), newsman, radio and newsreel host best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia
• Lowell Thomas, Jr. (born 1923), film and television producer, Alaskan Senator, and Alaskan Lt. Governor.
• Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (born 1931), former US Representative, Senator and Connecticut Governor
• Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958), Philadelphia socialite and ex-wife of John Jacob Astor IV

Fictional characters:

• Lowell Mather, character on TV sitcom Wings played by actor Thomas Haden Church

Lowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• The Lowell family, a prominent family name in England and America
• Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856–1943), lawyer, historian, philanthropist, and former President of Harvard University
• Amy Lowell (1874–1925), poet, critic, publisher, and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell
• Andrea Lowell (born 1983), actress and model
• Augustus Lowell (1830–1900), businessman, philanthropist, and father of Percival, Abbott Lawrence, and Amy Lowell
• Carey Lowell (born 1961), actress and wife of actor Richard Gere
• Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. (1782–1861), Unitarian pastor, son of The Old Judge, father of James Russell, and great-great grandfather of Robert Lowell
• Charles Russell Lowell (1835–1864), Union General and American Civil War hero
• Charlie Lowell (born 1973), keyboardist for Jars of Clay
• Chris Lowell (born 1984), actor
• Delmar R. Lowell (1844–1912), pastor, Civil War veteran, and genealogist
• Edward Jackson Lowell (1845–1894), author and father of Guy Lowell
• Francis Cabot Lowell (businessman) (1775–1817), businessman and namesake of Lowell, Massachusetts
• Francis Cabot Lowell (judge) (1855–1911), U.S. Congressman and Federal Judge
• Guy Lowell (1870–1927), architect and landscape designer
• James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), poet, critic, publisher, abolitionist, Harvard professor, and foreign diplomat
• Joan Lowell (1902–1967), actress and newspaper reporter
• John Lowell (1743–1802), aka The Old Judge, U.S. Federal Judge appointed by President George Washington
• John Lowell, Jr. (lawyer) (1769–1840), aka The Boston Rebel, Federalist lawyer and son of The Old Judge
• John Lowell, Jr. (philanthropist) (1799–1836), son of Industrialist Francis Cabot Lowell and founder of the Lowell Institute
• John Amory Lowell (1798–1881), businessman and philanthropist
• John Lowell (judge) (1824–1897), U.S. Federal judge and son of John Amory Lowell
• Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843–1905), sister of American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw, first woman to hold a public office in New York City, and wife of Gen. Charles Russell Lowell
• Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), poet, abolitionist, and wife of James Russell Lowell
• Mike Lowell (born 1974), baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
• Norman Lowell (born 1946), founder of the extreme-right Maltese political party, Imperium Europa
• Percival Lowell (1855–1916), author, astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory, and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell
• Ralph Lowell (1890–1978), businessman, philanthorpist, and founding force behind Boston's WGBH public television
• Robert Lowell (1917–1977), poet and lecturer
• Scott Lowell (born 1965), actor

Fictional characters:

• Christopher Lowell, stagename for Richard Lowell Madden, interior designer and TV host
• Elizabeth Lowell, penname for Ann Maxwell, popular romance writer
• Yuri Lowell, the main character in the game Tales of Vesperia