page_title: Percival Lowell
hierarchical_section_title: Percival Lowell
caption_attribution_description: Percival Lowell
context_page_description: Percival Lawrence Lowell was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He started the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.
  His reputation was damaged by his belief in canals on Mars. This idea was counter-attacked by Alfred Russel Wallace.
context_section_description: Percival Lawrence Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer.  He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He started the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.
  His reputation was damaged by his belief in canals on Mars. This idea was counter-attacked by Alfred Russel Wallace.
caption: Percival Lowell during the early-20th century
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