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A highly educated member of a wealthy and aristocratic Boston family, Percival Lowell was interested in astronomy because he believed in canals on Mars, a view that modern astronomers dismiss as material for pop science fiction.

A highly educated member of a wealthy and aristocratic Boston family, Percival Lowell's interest in astronomy was due to his belief in canals on Mars, but with modern astronomers dismissing it as material for pop science fiction.