George Peabody
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 155 years ago |
Date of birth | February 18,1795 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Peabody |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 4,1869 |
Died | Eaton Square |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Founded | Peabody Institute Of The Johns Hopkins University |
Nationality | American |
British | |
Job | Entrepreneur |
Financier | |
Books | Three Letters of Mr. George Peabody: Who Established the Peabody Education Fund A. D. 1867 |
The Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore. the Founder's Letters and the Papers Relating to Its Dedication and Its History, Up to the 1st January, 1868 | |
Letter from George Peabody, Esq. to the Trustees for the Establishment of an Institute in the City of Baltimore | |
Kings Landing: A Living History Colourguide | |
School Days: The One-Room Schools of Maritime Canada | |
An Account of the Proceedings at the Dinner Given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans Connected with the Great Exhibition at the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill on the 27th October, 1851 | |
Place of burial | Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts, United States |
Parents | Thomas Peabody and Judith Dodge |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 584041 |
George Peabody Life story
George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist. He was the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking.