# James Russell Lowell — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> James Russell Lowell in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lowell, Russell Lowell, Russell

**First appearance:** 0016-xiv-dilettantism-1865-1866

## Who they are

American poet, critic, and diplomat.

## In the story

### [Harvard College (1854–1858)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/iv-harvard-college-1854-1858)

Cited as an example of the admirable old social standard at Harvard.

### [Eccentricity (1863)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xii-eccentricity-1863)

Later Minister to London; Adams discusses with him Bright's forceful language, with Lowell finding it too violent.

### [Failure (1871)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xx-failure-1871)

Mentioned as one of the brilliant men in Cambridge who tried to make society lively but were constrained by their roles as professors.

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