George Peabody
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican-British entrepreneur and philanthropist (1795-1869)
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George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist. He is often considered the father of modern philanthropy.
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Peabody's birthplace, now the George Peabody House Museum, in Peabody, Massachusetts
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.
George Peabody
Peabody's funeral in Westminster Abbey
Statue by the Royal Exchange, LondonAwards 1
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1795 to 1869 · aged 74
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