History of Anne Arundel County Maryland United States of America

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Henry Martyn Harman, educator, was born in Anne Arundel county, Md., March 22, 1822; son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Fairbank) Harman; and grandson of Andrew and Eva (Martin) Harman, and of John and Charity (Jenning) Fairbank. His paternal grandfather came from Saxony, Germany, in 1752, and his maternal grandparents came from Yorkshire, England. Henry was graduated from Dickinson college in 1848; was professor in the Baltimore female college, 1855-56; one of the principals of the Classical institute of Baltimore, 1859-68; professor of languages in West Virginia university, 1868-69; professor of ancient languages in Dickinson college, 1870-79; and of Greek and Hebrew, 1879-96; and professor emeritus of Greek and Hebrew from 1896. He received the degree of D.D. from Dickinson college in 1866, and that of LL.D. from Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., in 1886. He is the author of: Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land (1873); Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1878, enl. ed., 1881); and of contributions to the Methodist Revlew, the Methodist Review South, and the Journal of the Exegetical society, of which he was a member.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Henry Jackson Ellicott, sculptor, was born at White Hall, Anne Arundel county, Md., June 23, 1847; son of James P. and Fanny A. (Ince) Ellicott, and grandson of Andrew Ellicott and of George Ince. His great-grandfather, Maj. Andrew Ellicott, was engineer with L'Enfant, the engineer who laid out the city of Washington, D.G., and became his successor in that work when L'Enfant and the commissioners disagreed. Henry was educated at Rock Hill college, Ellicott city, Md.; at Gonzaga college, Washington; at Georgetown medical college and at the New York academy of design, 1867-70. His first commission was a monument in Calvary cemetery in 1870, followed by one in Greenwood cemetery. In 1876 he was employed in modelling decorations for the centennial building at Philadelphia and removed to that city where he became identified with the academy of fine arts. Among his more notable works are the Soldier's monument at Holyoke, Mass., 1874; the group "Commerce, Protection and Mechanism "on the New England life insurance building at Boston, 1875; the portrait statue of Colonel Cameron at Sunbury, Pa., 1879; the statue of the recording angel surmounting the Duncan monument at Pittsburg, Pa., 1880; the bronze statues erected by the 1st and 2d Pennsylvania cavalry on the battlefield of Gettysburg, one in 1887, the other in 1889; the equestrian statue of Gen. George B. McClellan erected on the city hall plaza, Philadelphia, Pa., 1894, and the equestrian statue of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, erected by the U.S. government at Washington, D.C., and unveiled May 12, 1896. He was chief modeler and sculptor for the government under President Harrison's administration. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Johns Hopkins, merchant and philanthropist, was born in Anne Arundel county, Md., May 19, 1795; son of Samuel and Hannah (Janney) Hopkins; grandson of Johns and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hopkins, and of Joseph and Hannah (Jones) Janney, and a descendant of the Maryland family of Johns. His first maternal ancestor in America was Titanias Janney, born in 1638 in Cheshire, England. The name of his first paternal ancestor in America is not definitely known, but it is believed that he was Gerard Hopkins, who purchased land in Anne Arundel county in 1685, and who died in 1692. Until 1819 he attended a private school near his home, taught by a superior English teacher, and his father examined him in his studies, especially in history. This may have developed his noteworthy powers of conversation. He was fond of books to the end of his life, and kept up with the day in literary and scientific studies. He was a constant student of the Bible, and was much interested in the history of the Jews. His city and country homes were ever open to his friends,where many evenings were spent in delightful intercourse with a number of able men and women whom lie brought together. His career in Baltimore began in 1812, when he became a clerk in the wholesale grocery store of his uncle, Gerard T. Hopkins. In 1813 he was given charge of the store, and by 1818 he had saved $800, with which he opened a store on his own account, aided by his uncle's endorsement. In 1819 the firm of Hopkins & Moore was formed, and in 1822 that of Hopkins & Brothers, which continued the business 1822-47. Mr. Hopkins retired in 1847, leaving the business to his brothers and their clerks. He became president of the Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, as successor to James Swan, and remained at the head of the institution till his death. He was financially connected with various other banks and industrial enterprises. He was a director of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 1847-73, and chairman of the finance committee, 1855 to 1873. He staked his fortune in carrying the road over several financial crises. On Aug. 24, 1867, he obtained, under the general statute, the charter for a corporation under the direction of a board of trustees "for the promotion of education in the state of Maryland." This was the nucleus of the Johns Hopkins university. He also instituted another foundation to be allied with the university, viz., the Johns Hopkins hospital. On the death of Mr. Hopkins it became known that he had divided his property, after paying certain personal legacies, between the university and the hospital, the amount being estimated as $7,000,000. The university was opened in 1876, and the hospital in 1889. Both establishments acquired a world-wide reputation, and are enduring monuments to the liberality, far-sightedness, and broadmindedness of their founder. In the selection of names for a place in the Hall of Fame, New York university, in October, 1900, Johns Hopkins was one of the nine names in "Class F, Philanthropists," and received eleven votes, only George Peabody and Peter Cooper receiving places. The best sketch of his life is in Baltimore, Past and Present, with Biographical Sketeches of its Representative Men (1871). He died in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24, 1873.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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