Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1855)

Percival Lowell

American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916)

Percival Lowell was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the…