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Calvert, George

first baron of Baltimore, was born in 1581 in England. He explored the region of Chesapeake Bay, and on his return to England requested a grant for a district south of the James river. Meeting with opposition from the Virginia company, he applied for a grant north and east of the Potomac, but died before the grant was issued, and his son succeeded to his rights. He died April 15, 1632, in London, England.

Calvert, George Henry

author, poet, was born Jan. 2, 1803, in Prince George county, Md. He was the author of Goethe: His Life and Works; Dante and His Latest Translators; St. Beuve, the Critic; Count Julian, a tragedy; Three Score, and Other Poems, and a translation of Schiller's Don Carlos. He died May 24, 1889, in Newport, R. I. a

Calvert, Leonard

proprietary governor of Maryland, was born in 1606.

In 1633 he was sent to found the colony in Maryland. He landed at Blackstone Island in 1634, and made the first settlement, which was named St. Mary's. He died June 9, 1647.

Calvert, Philip

proprietary governor of Maryland. In 1660 he was commissioned governor of Maryland.

Calvin, Delano C

lawyer, author, was born Nov. 3, 1824, in Jefferson county, N. Y. He has attained success as a noted lawyer of New York city, and is the author of a number of works.

Calvin, Samuel

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born July 30, 1811, in Washingtonville, Pa. In 1848 he was elected a member from Pennsylvania to the thirty-first congress, and in 1850 declined a re-election.

Cambell, Alexander

physician, state senator, congressman, was born in 1779, in Virginia. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1800. He moved to Ohio in 1803; was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1806; was a senator in congress from that state from 1809 to 1813; and served as a state senator from 1813 to 1823. He died Nov. 5, 1857, in Ripley, Ohio.

Cambell, Brookins

state senator, congressman, was born in 1808 in Washington county, Tenn. He was, for many years, a member of the state legislature, and in 1845 was unanimously elected speaker. He was an officer in the quartermaster's department in the war with Mexico, and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-third congress. He died Dec. 25, 1853, in Washington, D. C.

Cameron, Alexander

manufacturer, was born Nov. 1, 1834, in Scotland.

He extended the tobacco industry by organizing the firm of Alexander Cameron and Company, of Richmond, in 1865; and established an Australian branch, and built large factories at Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.

Cameron, Alexander

lawyer, was born March 9, 1849, in Charleston, S. C.

He was one of the incorporators of the New York and Jersey Telephone company, a director therein, its general counsel, and president of the Automatic Fire Alarm company of Long Island.

Cameron, Angus

was born July 4, 1826, in Caledonia, N. Y. He was a member of the New York state senate in 1863, 1864, 1871 and 1872; was a member of the assembly in 1866 and 1867, and was speaker of that body in 1867. In 1875 he was elected to the United States senate from Wisconsin for the term ending in 1881, and was re-elected in 1881 for the remainder of the term ending in 1885, to fill a vacancy.

Cameron, I. W

poet. He has contributed many meritorious poems to the press of Iowa.