The Peabody Education Fund was established after the American Civil War by financier George Peabody to promote intellectual, moral, and industrial education in the most destitute portion of the Southern States. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benefactor | George Peabody | 1867 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1867/02/06 | George Peabody establishes The Peabody Fund with a gift of $1,000,000 to aid the "suffering South" devastated by the Civil War. It is the first major education foundation in the United States. | Established | |||||
| 1876/00/00 | Professor Gentry R McGee receives $1,000 from the Peabody Education Fund to build the original Peabody High School (lost) in Trenton. | Benefactor | Old Peabody High School | Trenton |
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