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1. • • George Peabody’s family background shaped the values that guided him as an outstanding nineteenth century philanthropist concerned with education, science, and the reform of housing for working-class people. Peabody’s aim in all his benefactions was to teach men and women in need to help themselves by hard work and an upright life.
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   Was George Peabody a philanthropist?

   • George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is often considered the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking.

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   What did George Peabody do for a living?

   • George Peabody (1795-1869) set out to tackle the acute poverty he saw in London. Born in the US, in Massachusetts, George was one of eight children. He left school at the age of 11 to work and help support his family. He went on to make his money importing and exporting wool, linen and dry goods before moving into merchant banking.

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   When did George Peabody die?

   • 1875 George Peabody College for Teachers, now the Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. The funding came from the Peabody Education Fund Peabody's funeral in Westminster Abbey Peabody died in London on November 4, 1869, aged 74, at the house of his friend Sir Curtis Lampson.

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   How much money did George Peabody donate?

   • He’s known to have donated more than $8m (£7.3m), most of it in his own lifetime. George Peabody (1795-1869) was born in Massachusetts, USA. One of eight children, he left school at the age of 11 to work and help support his family.

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   Who turned George Peabody to charity?

   • Adam, Thomas. Buying respectability: Philanthropy and urban society in transnational perspective, 1840s to 1930s (Indiana University Press, 2009). Bridge, Mark (November 2, 2019). "London squalor turned banker George Peabody to charity".

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   When did Peabody & Co start?

   • Branches were opened in New York and Philadelphia in 1822. Riggs retired in 1829, and the firm became Peabody, Riggs & Co., with the names reversed as Peabody became the senior partner. Peabody first visited England in 1827 to purchase wares, and to negotiate the sale of American cotton in Lancashire.

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   George Peabody (1795-1869) set out to tackle the acute poverty he saw in London. Born in the US, in Massachusetts, George was one of eight children. He left school at the age of 11 to work and help support his family.

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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. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking.

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6. museumstjohn.org.uk › philanthropist-industrialistPhilanthropist, Industrialist, and Merchant Banker: George ...

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   Oct 26, 2016 · In 1837 Peabody arrived in Britain to seek further fortune in banking and within a few years had established George Peabody and Company and was now a phenomenally wealthy merchant and banker who used a large proportion of his immense wealth to fund philanthropic initiatives.

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   Jun 11, 2018 · 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.

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   So who was he? Born in 1795, George Peabody was a forerunner to modern-day philanthropy and was widely known for his generosity towards educational initiatives, affordable housing, and the...

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   Mar 16, 2018 · P hilanthropist George Peabody was a banker and patron of education initiatives whose generosity made him known as the “father of modern philanthropy.” Today, on the anniversary of his...

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    George Peabody is another American figure who has left behind a lasting legacy in the capital. Today, the organisation that he founded in 1862, Peabody (formerly called the Peabody Trust),...