# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-benedict-calvert
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:44:26.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-benedict-calvert"
name: "Charles Benedict Calvert"
slug: "charles-benedict-calvert"
description: "Charles Benedict Calvert was an American politician who was a U.S. representative from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861 to 1863. He was an early backer of the inventors of the telegraph, and in 1856 he founded the Maryland Agricultural College, the first agricultural research college in America, now known as the University of Maryland. He was a direct descendant of the Lords Baltimore, proprietary governors of the Province of Maryland from 1631 until 1776."
tagline: "American politician (1808–1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Benedict_Calvert_-_photo_portrait_seated.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-08-23"
deathDate: "1864-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.25
  momentum:             0.3582089552238806
  historical:           5.012492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "تشارلز بيندكت كالفرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Benedict_Calvert"
    title: "Charles Benedict Calvert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Benedict_Calvert"
    title: "Charles Benedict Calvert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Benedict_Calvert"
    title: "Charles Benedict Calvert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Чарльз Бенедикт Калверт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump