of its time. Lowell was also a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vice President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1881, Augustus was appointed as the sole Trustee of the Lowell Institute, upon his father's death (Lowell 1899, pp 118–119), a position he would hold for the last 20 years of his life. See also Lowell family First Families of Boston Lowell Institute Lowell, Massachusetts References External links 1830 births 1900 deaths Philanthropists from Massachusetts Harvard College alumni Businesspeople from Boston American people of English descent Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery 19th-century American philanthropists 19th-century American businesspeople