LOVETT, Robert Scott, American rail way official: b. San Jacinto, Tex., 22 June 1860. He was educated in the public schools and Houston High School, followed by private in struction. In 1882 he was admitted to the bar; was attorney for the Houston, East and West Texas Railway Company in 1884-89, assistant general attorney of the Texas and Pacific Rail way in 1889-91 and general attorney of this road in 1891-92. From 1892 to 1903 Mr. Lovett was general attorney and counsel for all Southern Pacific lines in Texas. From 1904 to 1909 Mr. Lovett was general counsel for the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific and affiliated railroads, and from 1909 to 1913 he was chairman of the executive committee and president of these systems. In March 1918 he became director of the division of additions and betterments under the United States Railway Administration.
LOW, Albert Peter, Canadian geologist: b. Montreal, 1861. He received his education at McGill University; began his connection with the Canadian Geological Survey in and was appointed geologist in 1891. From 1892 to 1899 he made extended explorations of the Labrador Peninsula (Ungava). In 1900, at the Paris Exposition Mr. Low had charge of the Canadian mineral exhibit. In 1901-02 he discovered workable iron deposits in Hudson Bay and in 1903 was in charge of an Arctic ex pedition which claimed the Arctic islands for Canada. In 1906 he was made director of the Canadian Geological Survey and in the follow ing year Deputy Minister of Mines. In 1896 he was awarded the Gill prize by the Royal Geographical Society of England and has served as vice-president of the Geological So ciety of America and of the Canada Forestry Association.
LOW, Alfred) Maurice, author and journalist ; b. London, England, 1860. He was educated at King's College, London, and in Austria. He has been chief American corre spondent of the London Morning Post and writer on American affairs for the London National Review since 1896. He investigated
certain phases of English labor legislation for the United States Department of Labor in 1900, and English trade unions and industry in 1903. He has written 'The Supreme Sur render' (1901) ; 'Protection in the United States) (1904) ; 'American Life in Town and Country' (1905) ; 'A Short History of Labor Legislation in Great Britain' (1907) ; 'The American People: A Study in National Psychology' (2 vols., 1909-11), and contribu tions to leading English and Americans re views.
LOW, Charles Rathbone, English histo rian and naval officer : b. Dublin, Ireland, 30 Oct. 1837. He went to sea in 1853, has served in Asiatic and African waters and holds the rank of commander in the Indian navy. He is the author of numerous works, including 'Tales of Old Ocean' (1860) ; 'Land of the Sun' (1870) ; 'History of the British Navy' (1872) ; 'History of the Indian Navy' (1877) ; 'His tory of Maritime Discovery' (1899) ; 'Her Majesty's Navy' (1902) ; 'Britannia's Bul warks' (1895) ; 'The Epic of Olympas' (1897), etc.
LOW, Mary Fairchild, American artist: b. New Haven, Conn., 1866. She studied in the School of Fine Arts, Saint Louis, the Academie Julien, Paris, and with Carolus-Duran. In 1888 she married Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor, and in 1909 Will Hicek Low, the fig ure and genre painter. She was awarded a medal at the Chicago Exposition of 1893, a bronze medal at Paris, in 1900, bronie medal at the Buffalo Exposition 1901, gold medal at Dres den 1902, the Julia M. Shaw memorial prize of the Society of American Artists, New York 1902, and a gold medal at Rouen in 1903; her picture was bought by the city of Rouen and placed in the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1905 she was awarded a gold medal at Marseilles and a gold medal at Rouen in 1911. Mrs. Low is an associate National Academician. Her works in clude 'Early Morning Flower Market' ; 'Little Women ;) 'Christmas Eve' ; 'Portrait of Will Hicok Low'; 'Dogwood in Bloom,) etc.