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In America, Peabody founded and supported numerous institutions in [[New England]] and elsewhere. At the close of the [[American Civil War]], he established the [[Peabody Education Fund]] to "encourage the intellectual, moral, and industrial education of the destitute children of the Southern States." His grandest beneficence, however, was to Baltimore; the city in which he achieved his earliest success.
In America, Peabody founded and supported numerous institutions in [[New England]] and elsewhere. At the close of the [[American Civil War]], he established the [[Peabody Education Fund]] to "encourage the intellectual, moral, and industrial education of the destitute children of the Southern States." His grandest beneficence, however, was to Baltimore; the city in which he achieved his earliest success.
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George Peabody is known to have provided benefactions of more than $8 million, most of them in his own lifetime. Among the list are included:
George Peabody is known to have provided benefactions of more than $8 million, most of them in his own lifetime. Among the list are included:
