biography genre

'Young Thurgood,' which sheds new light on the first 30 years of the former Chief Justice's life, has been endorsed by the Marshall family

A full-time civil engineering professor at Morgan State University was indicted by a federal jury on Wednesday in a scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding, according to federal prosecutors.

During the great age of the 19th-century American railroad barons, John Work Garrett was a seminal figure, who repelled the ravages of the Civil War to keep his beloved Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in operation.

The Maryland House on I-95 may be known more for its fast food and bevy of bathrooms than for fine artwork, but a historic mural portraying Maryland history has actually adorned the travel plaza since the 1960s.

"Splendors and Glooms" could win the Baltimore author a second round of awards

Cynthia Earl Kerman, a retired Villa Julie College faculty member who wrote biographies of a Quaker economist and a Harlem renaissance writer, died of pneumonia July 22 at the Glen Meadows Retirement Community. She was 89 and had lived in Lauraville.

State Treasurer Nancy Kopp announced on Thursday, June 7, that Carroll County native and former Maryland treasurer Richard Dixon, 74, has died.

Students in Loch Raven High School's English Honor Society wrote biographies for Pickersgill Retirement Community residents, and shared their stories with each other on Thursday.

Some of the most poignant moments during the May 28th commemoration came in a presentation called "The Loved and Lost" — saluting the seven Marylanders who died in Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas between April 2011 and February of this year.

Some of the most poignant moments during the May 28th commemoration came in a presentation called "The Loved and Lost" — saluting the seven Marylanders who died in Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas between April 2011 and February of this year.

BWI Airport becomes art gallery to celebrate human rights

I've been reviewing these superb productions for all 26 years that "American Masters" has been on the air, and have written some variation of that line for at least 25 of them. And tonight's "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" is one of the 10 greatest biographies this sublime series has delivered.

Bay's current production is William Luce's 1976 biographical play "The Belle of Amherst," a one-woman depiction of the life of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson from about age 15 until her death.

Steve Jobs' biographer, Walter Isaacson

Author of last year's best-selling nonfiction book will speak at CityLit Festival

Hudson's Corner

Democratic House candidate John Delaney is up with the first negative television advertisement in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, taking to voters a feud with state Sen. Rob Garagiola that to date has mostly played out on the blogosphere.

Actor coming to Baltimore discuss his movie 'The Broken Tower'

Longtime Enoch Pratt Free Library patron and activist had a wide-range of reading interests that included biographies, mysteries, novels and history

The Conscious Mother: After dutifully completing my New Year's Resolutions list, I realized it's the year to make radical changes to my resolutions.

Mencken found his match in biographer Charles Fecher

George Bacon Rasin Jr., former Kent County circuit judge who led a movement to modernize juvenile justice in Maryland, died of congestive heart failure Friday at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson. He was 94.

George Bacon Rasin Jr., former Kent County Circuit Court judge who led a movement to modernize juvenile justice in Maryland, died of congestive heart failure Friday at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson. He was 94.

Wallace "Wally" Henry Coberg, a theatrical designer and filmmaker who was at work on a new Edgar Allan Poe documentary, died of an apparent heart attack Nov. 18 at his Bolton Hill home. He was 63.

Purchasing the perfect holiday gift can be tricky. And when you have a picky recipient, gift-giving is downright stressful. Enter personal shopper Stephanie Bradshaw.

One measure of a great biography is that you start into it thinking you know the subject and by the end of it, you admit to yourself that you knew only the tip of the iceberg.

It took 62 years to happen but the Class of 1949 of Havre de Grace Colored High School finally had an official reunion earlier this month.

WBAL radio Monday named Merrie Street as news director replacing Mark Miller, who resigned last month.

He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio. And it won't be long before Derek Jeter is a new lord of New York Yankees lore.