), George Jean Nathan and Alexander Woollcott were honored in odd quarters, and the whole Booth Tarkington, Willa Catheter ( sic ), ) Pearl, Buck,, Amy Lowell, William Lyon Phelps atmosphere lay thick as Los Angeles smog

While a young researcher working for the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh was given the job to perform a systematic search for a trans-Neptunian planet ( also called Planet X ), which had been predicted by Percival Lowell and William Pickering.

William Gibson ( who wrote an early script for Alien 3 ) seems particularly fascinated: a minor character in Virtual Light, Lowell, is described as having New York XXIV tattooed across his back, and in Idoru a secondary character, Yamazaki, describes the buildings of nanotech Japan as Giger-esque.

At Yale, he participated in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and was on the team representing Yale University ( along with Murray Gerstenhaber and Henry O. Pollak ) that won the second prize in 1947.

In 1894, with the help of William Pickering, Percival Lowell, a wealthy Bostonian, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

1966 ); Crapsey, Adelaide: " Pierrot " ( c. 1914 ); Faulkner, William: Vision in Spring ( 1921 ); Ficke, Arthur Davison: " A Watteau Melody " ( 1913 ); Garrison, Theodosia: " Good-Bye, Pierrette " ( 1906 ), " When Pierrot Passes " ( before 1917 ); Griffith, William: Loves and Losses of Pierrot ( 1916 ), Three Poems: Pierrot, the Conjurer, Pierrot Dispossesed, The Stricken Pierrot ( 1923 ); Hughes, Langston: " A Black Pierrot " ( 1923 ), " Pierrot " ( 1926 ), " For Dead Mimes " ( 1926 ), " Heart " ( 1932 )— see " Goldweber " under External links below ; Loveman, Samuel: " In Pierrot's Garden " ( 1911 ; five poems ); Lowell, Amy: " Stravinsky's Three Pieces " ( 1915 ); Masters, Edgar Lee: " Poor Pierrot " ( 1918 ); Moore, Marianne: " To Pierrot Returning to His Orchid " ( c. 1910 ); Shelley, Melvin Geer: " Pierrot " ( 1940 ); Stevens, Wallace: " Pierrot " ( 1909, first pub.

* William Lowell Putnam ( 1861 – 1923 ), banker, lawyer, and philanthropist

He hired experienced staffers such as Lowell Murray, Duncan Edmonds, and William Neville, who shaped his policies and ran his office efficiently.

in Mathematics in 1981 for undergraduate work at Caltech, and was a Fellow of William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in 1978.

The current trustee of Lowell Observatory is William Lowell Putnam III, grandnephew of founder Percival Lowell and son of long-time trustee Roger Putnam.

* William Graves Hoyt, Lowell and Mars ( Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1976 )

Flint, Skipwith Cannell, Amy Lowell, William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, Allen Upward and John Cournos.

* William Lowell, Sr. ( 1863 – 1954 ), an inventor of the golf tee.

The task of proving that R ( 3, 3 ) ≤ 6 was one of the problems of William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in 1953.

The MAA sponsors numerous competitions for students, including the William Lowell Putnam exam for undergraduate students, and the American Mathematics Competitions ( AMC ) for middle-and high-school students.

In 1987 ( at the age of 16 ), he achieved a Top 10 ranking in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

* An Epistle to George William Curtis, by James Russell Lowell ( 1874 – 1887 ), in Lowell's Poems

In 1883 came the Letters of Carlyle and Emerson ; in 1886, 1887 and 1888, Carlyle's Letters and Reminiscences ; in 1894, the Orations and Addresses of George William Curtis and the Letters of Lowell.

* Gregg, William H. Controversial issues in Scottish history Putnam, 1910.

John Russell Young died in January 1899, and “ President William McKinley found himself faced with the responsibility of appointing a Librarian of Congress who should preside over the affairs of the institution whose building had been completed but years ago .” President McKinley requested Herbert Putnam to be appointed to the task, and Putnam was officially confirmed to the duties of Librarian of Congress on December 12, 1899.

* The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a one-act musical by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin.

During that battle Putnam may have ordered William Prescott to tell his troops " Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes " ( It is debated exactly who said these words first ; they are attributed to a number of officers ).

In 1901, the financial situation had changed and after a " long legal fight ," he was free to sell the Hope Diamond by an " order of the Master in Chancery " to " pay off debts ," But May Yohe ran off with a rival named Putnam Strong, who was the son of the former New York City mayor William L. Strong.

William Putnam built the first courthouse, which was occupied in October 1847.

William Putnam " Buck " Sevier, Jr., was a banker, town alderman, and mayor of Tallulah from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.

Magnolia is the oldest village in Putnam County, originally settled in the 1830s by William Hawes.

Among the political leaders from this family were William Putnam " Buck " Sevier, Jr., a banker, town alderman, and mayor of Tallulah, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.

In 1886, historian William Smith Pelletreau published The History of Putnam County, New York.

Four major-generals ( Artemas Ward, Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler, and Israel Putnam ) and eight brigadier-generals ( Seth Pomeroy, Richard Montgomery, David Wooster, William Heath, Joseph Spencer, John Thomas, John Sullivan, and Nathanael Greene ) were appointed in the course of a few days.

* The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a 2005 musical by William Finn.

** The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Book by Rachel Sheinkin, music / lyrics by William Finn

Command during the battle devolved upon General Israel Putnam and Colonel William Prescott.

Mills demonstrated his mathematical ability by winning the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in 1948, and by receiving first-class honors in the Tripos.

Explorers William Clark and his slave York were members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ( 1803 – 1805 ), and William's older brother, General George Rogers Clark -- conqueror of the old Northwest Territory and Revolutionary War hero.

Explorers Merriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through Jackson County on their famous Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804.

Explorers William Gilbert Rees and Nicholas von Tunzelmann, were the first Europeans to settle the area ( the first European to see the Wakatipu basin was Nathanael Chalmers ).

Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O ' Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers.

Explorers Robert O ' Hara Burke and William John Wills received Victoria's first ( and Australia's first ) state funeral on 21 January 1863.

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark referred to the Washougal River as the " Seal River.

Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O ' Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers.

Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O ' Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers.