Peabody Education Fund

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The Peabody Education Fund was a 19th-century philanthropic endowment established by financier George Peabody to support public education in the post–Civil War American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charitable foundation
educational fund
philanthropic endowment
appliesToJurisdiction American South
border states affected by the Civil War
former Confederate states
boardMember A. H. H. Stuart
Barnas Sears
Charles Macalester
George N. Eaton
George W. Riggs
James M. Wayne
Martin Ryerson
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Samuel Wetmore
William A. Graham
William Aiken
William C. Rives
William M. Evarts
country United States
dissolved 1914
endowment 2000000 US dollars
fieldOfWork education philanthropy
public schooling
followedBy General Education Board
John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen
foundedBy George Peabody
headquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts
New York City
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era
post–Civil War United States
inception 1867
mainBeneficiaries public schools
schoolchildren in the American South
teachers
namedAfter George Peabody
notableChairperson Robert C. Winthrop
notableGrant Peabody Normal College in Nashville, Tennessee
support for teacher training institutions in the South
operatingArea Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
purpose improve educational opportunities for the formerly Confederate states
promote free public schools
support public education in the post–Civil War American South

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George Peabody knownFor Peabody Education Fund
George Peabody founded Peabody Education Fund