Francis Greenwood Peabody

Born(1847-12-04)December 4, 1847

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

DiedDecember 28, 1936(1936-12-28) (aged 89)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Spouse

Cora Weld

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(m. 1872; died 1914)​

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Parents

• Ephraim Peabody^[3]
• Mary Jane Derby Peabody^[4]

The Reverend Francis Greenwood Peabody
Born	(1847-12-04)December 4, 1847 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 28, 1936(1936-12-28) (aged 89) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Cora Weld ​ ​ (m. 1872; died 1914)​ [1][2]
Parents	Ephraim Peabody[3] Mary Jane Derby Peabody[4]
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Unitarian)
Ordained	1874
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University
Influences	Otto Pfleiderer[5] August Tholuck[5]
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Christian ethics[6]
School or tradition	Social Gospel[7]
Institutions	Harvard University

Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936) was an American Unitarian minister and theology professor at Harvard University.^[8]

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]