Elizabeth Peabody
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1804 – 1894
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Who was Elizabeth Peabody?
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was an American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. Long before most educators, Peabody embraced the premise that children's play has intrinsic developmental and educational value.
Peabody also served as the translator for the first English version of a Buddhist scripture which was published in 1844.
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- Born
- May 16, 1804
Billerica - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Died
- Jan 3, 1894
Jamaica Plain
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on July 23, 2013
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