Harry Crawford Black

Harry Crawford Black (1887–1956) was an American businessperson, newspaper executive, and philanthropist.

Upon graduating from Princeton University, Black took a job with Baltimore’s Fidelity and Deposit Company.

They had one child, Guy Crawford Black, who died at a very young age.

Harry C. Black died in 1956 at the age of 69, at his home in Boynton Beach, Florida.

He rode a horse-drawn buggy to his work, and made charitable donations to several Baltimore organizations, such as Johns Hopkins University, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, as well as several local museums.