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    George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is often considered the father of modern philanthropy...
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  • George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody...
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    The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library...
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    George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 – March 4, 1938) was an American banker and philanthropist. He was born to George Henry Peabody and Elvira Peabody...
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    highly-regarded performing arts schools. Philanthropist and merchant George Peabody (1795–1869) founded the institute in 1857 and opened it in 1866 with...
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  • Massachusetts George Peabody Library, the historical library at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore Peabody Township Library, a city library in Peabody, Kansas...
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    Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development (also known as Vanderbilt Peabody College, Peabody College, or simply Peabody) is the education...
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    George Peabody Gooch OM CH FBA (21 October 1873 – 31 August 1968) was a British journalist, historian and Liberal Party politician. A follower of Lord...
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  • George Peabody (1795–1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. George Peabody may also refer to: George Foster Peabody (1852–1938), American...
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    George Peabody Macready Jr. (August 29, 1899 – July 2, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains...
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    and her husband, George Reinicker. Philanthropist and international financier George Peabody (1795–1869), of South Danvers (later Peabody), Massachusetts...
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    Campbell Brinkley, who named it to honor his friend, the recently deceased George Peabody, for his contributions to the South. The hotel was a huge success, and...
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    The Peabody Trust was founded in 1862 as the Peabody Donation Fund and now brands itself simply as Peabody. It is one of London's oldest and largest housing...
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  • George Peabody conducting business on his own account when he took up residence in London in 1838. The business was formally incorporated as George Peabody...
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  • control to arrest Peabody, but Sherman and all others come to Peabody's defense, and George Washington pardons him. As the rip worsens, Peabody and Sherman...
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    The name was changed to Peabody on April 30, 1868, in honor of George Peabody, noted philanthropist born in present-day Peabody, widely regarded as the...
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    history museums in the world. It was founded by the philanthropist George Peabody in 1866 at the behest of his nephew Othniel Charles Marsh, an early...
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    The Peabody Education Fund was established by George Peabody in 1867, after the American Civil War, for the purpose of promoting "intellectual, moral,...
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    George Peabody is a bronze statue of George Peabody (1795–1869), by William Wetmore Story. The bronze, cast in Rome at Alessandro Nelli's foundry, is...
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  • The George Peabody Medal, named in honor of George Peabody, is the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. The award...
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    1864, he established J. S. Morgan & Co. in London as the successor to George Peabody & Co., of which he was junior partner. With his son's aid, Morgan grew...
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    financier and philanthropist George Peabody, a native of South Danvers (now eponymously named Peabody, Massachusetts). Peabody committed $150,000 to be used...
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    1857 to join his father, now a partner in the merchant banking firm George Peabody & Co. For the next fourteen years, he worked as his father's American...
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    George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846 – September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island...
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    Leonard Bernstein (category George Peabody Medal winners)
    1972 Sonning Award (Denmark), 1965 Ditson Conductor's Award, 1958 George Peabody Medal – Johns Hopkins University, 1980 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize...
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    Some of the most prominent philanthropists in American history include George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, and...
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    afford higher education thanks to the generosity of his wealthy uncle George Peabody. After graduating from Yale College in 1860 he travelled the world,...
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    The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. It combines the collections...
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    George Peabody Steele II (July 27, 1924 – February 13, 2018) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He is a former commander of the United States...
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  • philanthropic work, especially with respect to private colleges and hospitals. George Peabody (1795–1869) is the acknowledged[by whom?] father of modern philanthropy...
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