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George Peabody (/ˈpiːbədi/ PEE-bə-dee; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy.

George Peabody (/ˈpiːbədi/ PEE-bə-dee; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking.

George Peabody Biography. George Peabody was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist often referred to as the father of modern philanthropy. George Peabody was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist often referred to as the father of modern philanthropy for his relentless commitment towards giving back to the society. Equally well-known and respected both in the United States and Britain, he established several charitable initiatives including the Peabody Trust, the Peabody Institute and George Peabody Library. Born into a large family in Massachusetts, he endured a lot of hardships during his boyhood.

Peabody Institutes in other cities, Peabody Public Libraries, Peabody Museums of Science, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the Peabody Homes for the "industrious poor" in London all owe their existence to the benevolence of George Peabody. In the Southern states after the Civil War, he established the Peabody Education Fund, which made the free education of all races a public obligation. From this movement emerged George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, still regarded as one of the premier schools of education in this country.

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The George Peabody Library is a special collections library on Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Institute campus in Mount Vernon. It is home to more than 300,000 volumes and is a non-circulating library open to the public.

George Peabody, American-born merchant and financier whose banking operations in England helped establish . When his brother’s Newburyport, Mass. dry goods store burned down in 1811, Peabody went to Georgetown in Washington, . to work in a wholesale dry-goods warehouse.

George Peabody facts: George Peabody (1795-1869), American merchant, financier, and philanthropist, amassed a fortune during his . Encyclopedia of World Biography.

George Peabody facts: George Peabody (1795-1869), American merchant, financier, and philanthropist, amassed a fortune during his business career. He began as a merchant and ended as a banker and dealer in American securities in England  .

George Peabody, February 18, Philanthropist George Peabody was born on the 18 February 1795 in Danvers . Coming from a family of modest financial means, Peabody left school at age eleven and was apprenticed to a grocer in his hometown.

George Peabody, February 18, Philanthropist George Peabody was born on the 18 February 1795 in Danvers, Massachusetts to Judith Dodge and Thomas Peabody. In 1812 George Peabody was called up as a soldier and went to war. In 1814, he met Elisha Riggs, and this led to a business partnership between the two men. The pair set up a wholesale business selling dry goods and called it the Peabody, Riggs, and Company.

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