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Robert Lowell

1917 - 1977

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Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family, past and present, were important subjects in his poetry. Growing up in Boston also informed his poems, which were frequently set in Boston and the New England region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Lowell is the 4,949th most popular writer (down from 4,621st in 2019), the 7,507th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,237th in 2019) and the 565th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Lowell ranks 4,949 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Glukhovsky, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Ruth Klüger, Dagmar Lange, Carrie Nation, and Mikhail Zhvanetsky. After him are Aagje Deken, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Eugippius, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Miles Franklin.

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Among people born in 1917, Robert Lowell ranks 258. Before him are Gottfried Honegger, Edgar Barth, Joseph Wresinski, Nils Karlsson, Amelia Piccinini, and Marcel Hansenne. After him are Albert Mol, Katherine Rawls, Phyllis Diller, Gonzalo Rojas, Juan Tuñas, and Kenkichi Iwasawa. Among people deceased in 1977, Robert Lowell ranks 200. Before him are David Toro, Leila Hyams, Peter Carl Goldmark, Rodolfo Walsh, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, and Tafari Benti. After him are Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Zero Mostel, Karl Kreutzberg, Franco Albini, Birger Rosengren, and Américo Tesoriere.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 7,509 out of 20,380. Before him are Russell Kirk (1918), Slim Pickens (1919), Brock Peters (1927), Willie Steele (1923), Carrie Nation (1846), and Bebe Neuwirth (1958). After him are Frederic Remington (1861), Karl Lashley (1890), Shirley Verrett (1931), Aaron Norris (1951), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), and Mario Segale (1934).

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Among writers born in United States, Robert Lowell ranks 565. Before him are William Gibson (1914), Neal Stephenson (1959), John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), and Carrie Nation (1846). After him are Jack Finney (1911), Robert B. Parker (1932), William Dean Howells (1837), John O'Hara (1905), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), and Rod Serling (1924).

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