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Charles Benedict Calvert (August 23, 1808 – May 12, 1864) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861 to 1863.
Charles Benedict Calvert (1808-64) served as acting president of the Maryland Agricultural College in late 1859 and 1860. Calvert was founder of the Maryland Agricultural College, president of the Board of Trustees and a well-known philanthropist, planter and congressman.
Charles Benedict Calvert, descendant of the first Lord Baltimore, is generally considered the primary force behind the founding of the Maryland Agricultural College. Chartered in 1856, the College was the forerunner of today’s University of Maryland.
Learn about Charles Benedict Calvert, a pro-slavery Unionist from Maryland who attended UVA and served in Congress during the Civil War. Explore his biography, documents, and family relations in this online database.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, FRS (29 September 1699 – 24 April 1751) was a British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. He inherited the title to Maryland aged just fifteen, on the death of his father and grandfather, when the colony was restored by the British monarchy to the Calvert family's ...
Charles Benedict Calvert: Founder of the University of Maryland Anne S.K. Turkos, University Archivist Emerita, University of Maryland Without Charles Benedict Calvert, the fifth child of George and Rosalie Calvert, the institution known today as the University of Maryland would not exist.
7 de abr. de 2009 · The report also details how Charles Benedict Calvert, founder of the Maryland Agricultural College and a descendant of slave-owners, held fifty-two people in slavery in 1860, four years after the school was created.
