Endicott Peabody

Organization founder

1857 – 1944

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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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Born
May 30, 1857
Salem
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Cheltenham College
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
Lived in
  • Massachusetts
Died
Nov 17, 1944

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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