Carson was a biologist and science writer who earned amaster’s degreeinzoologyfromJohns Hopkins Universityin Baltimore, Maryland, in 1932. Following the success of her second book,The Sea Around Us(1951), she quit her job with the Bureau of Fisheries in 1952 to concentrate on her writing ca...
An earthen forerunner of Fort McHenry was built in Baltimore during the Revolutionary War, but the British never attacked the city. Construction on Fort McHenry, named after the third Secretary of War James McHenry, began in 1798. When the British did attack the fort during ...
Fidelity also had the distinction of investing in the most lavish rounds, on average, at more than $70 million per investment. Rock Springs Capital (Baltimore) and Cormorant (Boston) also make the top 10. The crossover investors are the force behind the record amounts being crop-dusted over...