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Download full textParker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1993
During his career, George Peabody financially supported educational endeavors and went beyond the accumulation of money to leave for one's children. His support began in the mid-1800s and his educational legacy remains. He established: (1) a $2 million Peabody Education Fund to promote public schools and teacher training in 12 civil war devastated…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1994
This dialogue and bibliography describe the contributions of George Peabody to rebuilding the devastated educational systems in the former Confederate states after the Civil War. At great personal expense, Peabody established the Peabody Education Fund as the first multi-million dollar foundation with the expressed purpose of providing funds to…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographical Inventories, Biographies, Civil War (United States)
