Peabody is a surname, and may refer to: * Arthur Peabody (1858–1942), Campus architect for the

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from 1905 to 1915 and the

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from 1915 to 1938. * Charles S. Peabody (1880-1935), American architect. Partner of Ludlow and Peabody. *

Dave Peabody Dave Peabody (born David Peabody, 20 April 1948, Southall, Middlesex, London, England) is an English singer-songwriter, blues and folk musician, record producer and photographer, active since the late 1960s, who has appeared on more than 60 alb ...

(born 1948), English singer-songwriter, blues and folk musician, record producer and photographer *

Dwight Peabody Dwight Van Dorn Peabody (January 26, 1894 – January 3, 1972) was an American football end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Columbus Panhandles and Toledo Maroons The Toledo Maroons were a professional Am ...

(1894–1972), American football player *

Elizabeth Peabody Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (May 16, 1804January 3, 1894) was an American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. Long before most educators, Peabody embraced the premise that children's play has intrinsic de ...

(1804–1894), American educator *

Endicott Peabody (educator) The Reverend Endicott Peabody (May 31, 1857 – November 17, 1944) was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for Boys (known today simply as Groton School), in Groton, Massachusetts in 1884. Peabody also founded St. Andre ...

(1857–1944), American Episcopal priest and founder of the Groton School for Boys ** Malcolm Endicott Peabody (1888–1974), reverend, son of

Endicott Peabody Endicott Howard Peabody (February 15, 1920 – December 2, 1997) was an American politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965. His tenure is probably ...

** Mary E. Peabody (1891–1981), civil-rights and anti-war activist in the 1960s, married to Malcolm Endicott Peabody. *** Marietta Endicott Peabody (1917–1991)

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and political reporter, daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth Peabody. ***

(1920–1997), American politician, governor of Massachusetts (1963-1965), son of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth Peabody. *

Francis Greenwood Peabody Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936) was an American Unitarian minister and theology professor at Harvard University. Peabody was born on December 4, 1847, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1869. When a junior, ...

(1847–1936), American minister and Harvard professor * Frank Elmer Peabody (1914–1958), American paleontologist * F. H. Peabody (

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1870s), American former vice-president (1874-1877) and director (1870-1879) of the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and ...

company (1874-1877), the city of

Peabody, Kansas Peabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is named after F.H. Peabody, of Boston, former vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Peabody is well known in the region for its Independence Day Celebration o ...

is named in his honor''Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway : Annual Meetings, and Directors and Officers : Volumes 7''; AT&SF Railway; 1902. (12MB PDF), listed on page 6 (pdf 13) & page 10 (pdf 17)
/ref> * Francis S. Peabody (1858–1922), American businessman, founder of Peabody Energy as Peabody Coal in 1883 *

George Peabody George Peabody ( ; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry g ...

(1795–1869), American entrepreneur, London-based banker and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute, Museums, and Trust *

George Foster Peabody George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 – March 4, 1938) was an American banker and philanthropist. Early life He was born to George Henry Peabody and Elvira Peabody (''née'' Canfield) as the first of four children. Both parents were New Eng ...

(1852–1938), American Southern banker and philanthropist for whom the Peabody Award is named * James Hamilton Peabody (1852–1917), American politician, twice governor of Colorado (1903-1905 & 1905) * Joseph Peabody (1757-1844), American shipowner and merchant of Salem, Massachusetts ** Catherine Endicott Peabody (1837–1898), American art patron, wife of John Lowell Gardner II and daughter of Joseph Peabody *

Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody (1861–1949) was an American Baptist missionary. She was influential in Baptist foreign missions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Biography Lucy Whitehead McGill was born in Belmont, Kansas, on Ma ...

(1861–1949), American Baptist missionary *

Nathaniel Peabody Nathaniel Peabody (March 1, 1741 – June 27, 1823) was an American physician from Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780. Nathaniel was born to Jacob Peabody ...

(1741–1823), American physician, Continental Congressman, state representative, and senator for New Hampshire *

Nathaniel Peabody (Boston) Nathaniel Peabody (March 30, 1774 – 1855) was a U.S. physician and dentist from Boston and Salem, Massachusetts, having studied at Dartmouth. He was descended from John Paybody of Plymouth of 1635, and in early Massachusetts records, the name ...

(1774–1855), American Boston Brahmin, father of Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Tyler, Sophia Amelia * Raymond A. Peabody (1883-1973), American politician * Richard R. Peabody (1892-1936), American author of ''The Common Sense of Drinking'', a major influence on

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founder Bill Wilson * Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871), American painter and illustrator, wife of author

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...

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Amelia Peabody Amelia Peabody Emerson is the protagonist of the Amelia Peabody series, a series of historical mystery novels written by author Elizabeth Peters (a pseudonym of Egyptologist Barbara Mertz, 1927–2013). Peabody is married to Egyptologist Radcliff ...

, Character in a series of Victorian mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters * Helena Peabody, Character on ''

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'' TV series * Jeremiah Peabody, character who makes green and purple pills in song * Josiah Peabody, Character in the novel ''

The Captain from Connecticut ''The Captain from Connecticut'' is a novel, published in 1941, by C. S. Forester, the author of the novels about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. ''The Captain from Connecticut'' is set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars, ...

'' (1941) by C. S. Forester *

Mister Peabody Hector J. Peabody, simply referred to as Mr. Peabody, is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'', produced by Jay Ward. Pe ...

, Character on "

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (commonly referred to as simply ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'') is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and NBC te ...

," genius dog accompanied by "his boy" Sherman. * Professor Peabody (Jocelyn Mabel Peabody), Female character in the Dan Dare comic series

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