Johns Hopkins
1795–1873
American merchant and financier. Formed a wholesale business with his brothers in 1820, from which he retired in 1845. Became a leading venture capitalist and financier, investing heavily in railroads and waterfront property. Endowed a university and a hospital in Baltimore in 1867.
Source
ANB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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