Lowe, Charles

The author and journalist Charles Lowe was born in 1848 in Balconnel, Angus. He was educated in Brechin, Angus, and studied at Edinburgh University and in Jena and Paris, graduating with an Edinburgh M.A. in 1871. Lowe was then entered at Gray's Inn to follow a legal career no doubt, and then joined the editorial staff of The Times as a foreign sub-editor. He was appointed as Berlin correspondent in the late 1870s and returned to London in 1891. His publications include Prince Bismarck: an historical biography, Alexander III of Russia, King Edward VII, being the story of his life as Prince of Wales, and A fallen star, or, The Scots of Frederick: a tale of the seven years' war Charles Lowe died on 18 January 1931.

From the guide to the Letters of Charles Lowe (1848-1931), 1895, (Edinburgh University Library)