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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Peabody Education Fund canonical 2

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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 ⓘ