Endicott Peabody
Organization founder
1857 – 1944
Who was Endicott Peabody?
The Reverend Endicott Peabody was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for Boys, in Groton, Massachusetts in 1884. Peabody also founded St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Ayer, Massachusetts in October, 1889. Peabody served as headmaster at the school from 1884 until 1940, and also served as a trustee at Lawrence Academy at Groton. In 1926 Peabody also founded Brooks School, which was named for 19th-century clergyman Phillips Brooks, a well-known preacher and resident of North Andover, Massachusetts. Peabody was headmaster for Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Groton, and he officiated at Franklin's marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt. A 1944 Time magazine article described him as "the most famed U.S. headmaster of his generation".
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