George Henry Calvert

For the founder of Maryland, see George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. For information about other persons with the name George Calvert, see George Calvert.
George Henry Calvert
2nd Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island
In office
October 1853[1]  June 1854[1]
Preceded by Robert B. Cranston
Succeeded by William C. Cozzens
Personal details
Born (1803-01-02)January 2, 1803
Baltimore, Maryland
Died May 24, 1889(1889-05-24) (aged 86)
Resting place Island Cemetery, Newport
Parents George Calvert, Rosalie Stier Calvert
Alma mater Harvard College

George Henry Calvert (January 2, 1803 – May 24, 1889) was an American editor, essayist, dramatist, poet, and biographer.[2] He was the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the newly established College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore, and in 1854 he served as Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island.

Biography

Calvert was born January 2, 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] His mother, Rosalie Eugenia Stier (1778–1821), was the daughter of a wealthy Belgian aristocrat, Baron Henri Joseph Stier (1743–1821) and his wife Marie Louise Peeters. His father, George Calvert (1768–1838), was the son of Benedict Swingate Calvert – a natural son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore – and his wife Elizabeth Calvert (1731–1788).

George Calvert was the Calvert's eldest son. He grew up in Maryland, graduated from Harvard College in 1823, and studied in Germany where in March 1825 he met the poet Goethe.[4] Returning to Baltimore, he edited the Baltimore American. In 1840 he made another trip to Europe, meeting William Wordsworth,. In 1843 Calvert moved to Newport, Rhode Island.[3]

Marriage

On May 11, 1829 George Calvert married Elizabeth Steuart (1802–1897).[4] His father was opposed to the match on the grounds that Elizabeth, the daughter of Baltimore physician James Steuart, had little property to her name. However a compromise was eventually reached and, after a suitable delay, the couple were married at the Steuart house in West Baltimore, Maryland Square.

George and Elizabeth had no children.[5]

Academia and politics

In 1830 George Calvert was appointed the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the newly established College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore.[4]

In 1853, George Calvert was elected Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island,[3] and served a term from October 1853 to June 1854.[1]

Works

He translated and published in 1845 a portion of the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Martin, Peter F. "Mayors of Newport". Stacy House. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Biographical sketch from the Dictionary of Literary Biography
  3. 1 2 3 Greene, Welcome Arnold (1881). The Providence Plantations for 250 Years. Providence, RI: J.A. & R.A. Reid. p. 442.
  4. 1 2 3 "Timeline". Riversdale Bookshelf. University of Maryland Special Collections. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012.
  5. Challcott, p.375

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