George Peabody
George Peabody (/ˈpiːbədi/ PEE-bə-dee; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He was widely thought as the father of modern philanthropy. He founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institute and George Peabody Library in Baltimore.
George Peabody | |
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 George Peabody | |
| Born | February 18, 1795 |
| Died | November 4, 1869 (aged 74) London, England, U.K. |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Resting place | Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Financier, banker, entrepreneur |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Peabody and Judith Dodge |
Peabody was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and made a Freeman of the City of London, among many other honors. He was given a funeral and temporary grave in Westminster Abbey.[1]
George Peabody Media
Peabody's birthplace, now the George Peabody House Museum, in Peabody, Massachusetts
Coat of arms of George Peabody
The Peabody Trust continues to provide cheap housing in central London. This sign marks the Horseferry Road Estate in Westminster.
The first block of Peabody dwellings in Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London. A wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863, shortly before the building opened.
merchant and philanthropist w:George Peabody, who founded the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts. (Not w:George Foster Peabody (1852-1938)) From an undated steel plate engraving.
Peabody's funeral in Westminster Abbey
Statue by the Royal Exchange, London
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References
- ↑ Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey. The New York Times. 1869-11-13. p. 3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9804E0D7123BE63BBC4B52DFB7678382679FDE. ""As soon as the ceremony within the church was over the procession formed again, and advanced to a spot near the western entrance, where a temporary grave had been prepared... Here the body was deposited, and will remain until it is transported to America."".
Other websites
Media related to George Peabody at Wikimedia Commons- Phillips Library Archived 2017-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Peabody Essex Museum. Repository of 145 linear feet of Peabody's business and personal papers.
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