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The Lowell Institute is a United States educational foundation located in Boston , Massachusetts , providing both free public lectures , and also advanced lectures . It was endowed by a bequest of $ 250 , 000 left by John Lowell , Jr ., who died in 1836 . The Institute began work in the winter of 1839 / 40 , and an inaugural lecture was given on December 31 , 1839 , by Edward Everett . Hon . John Amory Lowell ( Nov 11 , 1798 -- Oct 31 , 1881 ) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston . He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin , John Lowell , Jr . ( 1799 -- 1836 ) , the Institute ' s endower , died . ( Lowell 1899 , pp 117 -- 118 ) John Lowell ( June 17 , 1743 , Newburyport , Massachusetts  May 6 , 1802 , Roxbury , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer , selectman , jurist , delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and federal judge . Known within his family as  The Old Judge , distinguishing him from the proliferation of Johns , John Lowell is considered to be the patriarch of the Boston Lowells . He , with each of his three wives , established three distinct lines of the Lowell clan that , in turn , propagated celebrated poets , authors , jurists , educators , merchants , bankers , national heroes , activists , innovators and philanthropists . John Lowell , his descendants , and many other well established New England families defined American life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeast United States : Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont . It is bordered by the state of ___MASK73___ to the west and south , and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north , respectively . The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast , and Long Island Sound is to the south . Boston is its largest city . Its largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston , which also includes Worcester ( the second - largest city in New England ), Manchester ( the largest city in New Hampshire ), and Providence ( the capital and largest city of Rhode Island ), with nearly a third of the entire region ' s population . Edward Everett ( April 11 , 1794  January 15 , 1865 ) was an American politician , pastor , educator , diplomat , and orator from Massachusetts . Everett , a Whig , served as U . S . Representative , U . S . Senator , the 15th Governor of Massachusetts , Minister to Great Britain , and United States Secretary of State . He also taught at ___MASK50___ and served as its president . JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the ___MASK64___ School of Law , powered by a staff of more than 60 law students working in Pittsburgh and other US locations under the direction of founding Publisher & Editor - in - Chief Professor Bernard Hibbitts , Acting Executive Director Andrew Morgan , Research Director Jaclyn Belczyk , Technical Director Jeremiah Lee , Managing Editor Joseph Macklin and Chief of Staff Steven Wildberger . It features continuously updated US and international legal news and expert commentary . JURIST is dedicated to advancing civic education , supporting sound decision - making and promoting the rule of law by objectively reporting , documenting and analyzing important legal developments as they happen . JURIST seeks to encourage teaching , learning , and scholarship within the legal community and in the general community .