Peabody (surname)

Peabody is a surname, and may refer to:

• Elizabeth Peabody (1804–1894), American educator
• Endicott Peabody (1920–1997), American politician, governor of Massachusetts (1963-1965)
• Endicott Peabody (educator) (1857–1944), American Episcopal priest and founder of the Groton School for Boys
• Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936), American minister and Harvard professor
• Frank Elmer Peabody (1914–1958), American paleontologist
• F. H. Peabody (fl. 1870s), American former vice-president (1874-1877) and director (1870-1879) of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company (1874-1877), the city of Peabody, Kansas is named in his honor^[1]
• Francis S. Peabody (1858–1922), American businessman, founder of Peabody Energy as Peabody Coal in 1883
• George Peabody (1795–1869), American entrepreneur, London-based banker and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute, Museums, and Trust
• George Foster Peabody (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
• Nathaniel Peabody (1741–1823), American physician, Continental Congressman, state representative, and senator for New Hampshire
• Nathaniel Peabody (Boston) (1774–1855), American Boston Brahmin, father of Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Tyler, Sophia Amelia
• Richard R. Peabody (1892–1936), American author of The Common Sense of Drinking, a major influence on Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson
• Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), American painter and illustrator, wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fictional

• Amelia Peabody, Character in a series of Victorian mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters
• Helena Peabody, Character on The L Word TV series
• Josiah Peabody, Character in the novel The Captain from Connecticut (1941) by C. S. Forester
• Mister Peabody, Character on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show," genius dog accompanied by "his boy" Sherman.
• Professor Peabody (Jocelyn Mabel Peabody), Female character in the Dan Dare comic series

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See also

• Peabody (disambiguation)

References