America's Forgotten Educational Philanthropist: A Bicentennial View.

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Main Authors: Parker, Franklin, Parker, Betty J.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1995
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author Parker, Franklin
Parker, Betty J.
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Parker, Betty J.
Parker, Franklin
Parker, Betty J.
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contents America's Forgotten Educational Philanthropist: A Bicentennial View. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Donors Educational Finance Grants Library Funding Nonprofit Organizations Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Trusts (Financial) This brief paper recounts the life of the extraordinary George Peabody, renowned for his educational philanthropy. Peabody is remembered for his wealth amassed as a merchant and banker, yet he also was the founder of modern educational philanthropy that lives on in seven Peabody libraries, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, three Peabody museums, and the (George) Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Peabody had vowed early on to endow an educational institution in every city where he had lived, worked, and prospered; this he did, fulfilling the motto accompanying his first library institute gift in 1852: "Education, a debt due from the present to future generations." (EH)
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spellingShingle America's Forgotten Educational Philanthropist: A Bicentennial View.
Parker, Franklin
Parker, Betty J.
Donors
Educational Finance
Grants
Library Funding
Nonprofit Organizations
Philanthropic Foundations
Private Financial Support
Trusts (Financial)
America's Forgotten Educational Philanthropist: A Bicentennial View. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Donors Educational Finance Grants Library Funding Nonprofit Organizations Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Trusts (Financial) This brief paper recounts the life of the extraordinary George Peabody, renowned for his educational philanthropy. Peabody is remembered for his wealth amassed as a merchant and banker, yet he also was the founder of modern educational philanthropy that lives on in seven Peabody libraries, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, three Peabody museums, and the (George) Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Peabody had vowed early on to endow an educational institution in every city where he had lived, worked, and prospered; this he did, fulfilling the motto accompanying his first library institute gift in 1852: "Education, a debt due from the present to future generations." (EH)
title America's Forgotten Educational Philanthropist: A Bicentennial View.
topic Donors
Educational Finance
Grants
Library Funding
Nonprofit Organizations
Philanthropic Foundations
Private Financial Support
Trusts (Financial)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED398126