United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Devaney, Sheila2006-02-10Encyclopedia article about Georgia Foster Peabody. George Foster Peabody, noted banker and businessman, left his mark on American society through his philanthropic work. He was born on July 27, 1852, in Columbus, the oldest of four children born to native New Englanders Elvira and George Henry Peabody. Peabody's father had relocated the family from Connecticut to Columbus, where he ran a general store. Growing up in Columbus, Peabody attended private school and later studied at Deer Hill Institute in Danbury, Connecticut. The Civil War (1861-65) pushed the family into poverty, and by 1866 they had relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where the fourteen-year-old Peabody took a job with a wholesale dry goods firm.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938Bankers--GeorgiaPhilanthropists--GeorgiaBusinessmen--GeorgiaPeabody AwardsBusinesspeople--GeorgiaGeorge Foster Peabody (1852-1938)Text