Elias Avery Lowe

American palaeographer
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IntroAmerican palaeographer
A.K.A.Elias Loew
A.K.A.Elias Loew
PlacesUnited States of America
wasHistorian
Work fieldSocial science
Gender
Male
Birth15 October 1879, Kalvarija
Death8 August 1969Bad Nauheim (aged 89 years)
Star signLibra
Family
Spouse:H. T. Lowe-Porter
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Biography

Elias Avery Lowe (October 15, 1879 – August 8, 1969) was an American palaeographer. He was born to a Russian Jewish family and originally named Elias Avery Loew. His wife, whom he married in 1911, was translator H. T. Lowe-Porter. Among the Lowes' descendants are English artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl, and her son, journalist and politician Boris Johnson, former Mayor of London and current Foreign Secretary.

Career

Lowe graduated from Cornell University in 1902 and received his doctorate in 1908 at the University of Munich under the supervision of Ludwig Traube. His main works are the Codices Latini Antiquiores.

Works (selection)

  • Die ältesten Kalendarien in Monte Cassino, München, Diss. phil. 1908.
  • The Beneventan Script. A History of the South Italian minuscule, Oxford 1914. archive.org 2nd ed. Rome 1980.
  • Handwriting. Our Medieval Legacy, Rome, 1969.
  • Palaeographical papers. 1907-1965, ed. Ludwig Bieler, Oxford 1972.

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