Francis Greenwood Peabody
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Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936) was an American Unitarian minister and theology professor at Harvard University.[8]
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Francis Greenwood Peabody | |
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Born | (1847-12-04)December 4, 1847 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 28, 1936(1936-12-28) (aged 89) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Cora Weld
(m. 1872; died 1914) |
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Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Unitarian) |
Ordained | 1874 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
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Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | Christian ethics[6] |
School or tradition | Social Gospel[7] |
Institutions | Harvard University |
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Peabody was born on December 4, 1847, in Boston, Massachusetts.[9] He graduated from Harvard University in 1869. When a junior, "he was first baseman in the first Harvard nine to play against Yale." He then went to the Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 1872 with the degrees of AM and STB.[2]
Peabody died in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home on December 28, 1936.[10]