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 Mr. Peabody - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peabody is a fictional dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show (collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle).
Peabody, who was a genius (and arguably a polymath), decided to adopt Sherman so he'd have some company in his life.
Peabody's first name is named as Hector in a rarely-seen episode produced to sell savings bonds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mr._Peabody   (608 words)

  
 Peabody, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peabody is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Originally called South Danvers and even before that, part of Salem Village, Peabody was first settled in 1626 and was officially incorporated in 1868.
Giles Corey, the only person pressed to death by stones in the Salem witch hysteria of 1690, had his farm and was buried here beside his wife next to Crystal Lake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts   (553 words)

  
 ELIZABETH PALMER PEABODY, TRANSCENDENTALIST ACTIVIST
In both her writings and her reform efforts, Miss Peabody was motivated by a comprehensive Transcendental vision of the origin of all matter and spirit and all human activity in God, by a sense of the oneness of God, man, and nature.
Peabody embraced the notion that each child should receive training appropriate to his or her innate capabilities, an idea in harmony with Kant's concept of and the later Transcendental belief in the intuitive nature of knowledge.
Peabody, understanding that her association with the controversy would make it impossible to gather students for a new school of her own, retreated to her family's home in Salem for several years.
www.concordma.com /magazine/junjuly99/peabody.html   (1881 words)

  
 George Peabody
In 1838, Peabody played an important role in the rescue of the financial fortunes of the state of Maryland and other states by his support of their bonds, at a time when the market was flooded with such instruments.
Peabody was able to sell Maryland bonds to Baring Brothers by assuring the company of the state's good faith and credit and then bought a quantity of the securities himself.
Peabody died in London on November 4, 1869 and, at the request of the Dean of Westminster and with the approval of the Queen, was given a temporary burial in Westminster Abbey.
www.peabodyhistorical.org /gpeabody.htm   (826 words)

  
 History
The George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, dates from the founding of the Peabody Institute in 1857.
The Peabody Library remained part of the Peabody Institute until 1966 when the library collection was transferred to the City of Baltimore and administered as a department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Peabody and Company financed the westward expansion of the American railroads and the laying of the first transatlantic cables.
www.peabodyevents.library.jhu.edu /history.html   (658 words)

  
 Peabody Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The George Foster Peabody Awards were first awarded in 1941 for radio programs broadcast in 1940.
The awards program was named in honor of George Foster Peabody, a native Georgian, industrialist, financier and major benefactor of the university.
His daughter, Marjorie Peabody Waite, served on the first Advisory Board and commissioned the design of the famous bronze medallion.
www.peabody.uga.edu /about   (592 words)

  
 Downtown Memphis Hotels & Accommodations in Downtown Memphis Tennessee - The Peabody Memphis
As Duckmaster, Fox is solely responsible for the care and wellbeing of the Peabody Ducks, including feeding, exercise, and training the teams for their daily march.
The Peabody's famed ambassadors are five Mallard ducks - one drake with his white collar and green head, and four hens with less colorful plumage.
Each team lives in the hotel for only three months before the ducks are retired from their Peabody duties, at which time they are returned to a reserve to live out the remainder of their days as wild ducks.
www.peabodymemphis.com /peabody_hotels/the_peabody_ducks.cfm   (453 words)

  
 Peabody & Martini
The Peabody rifle was the development of Henry O. Peabody of Boston, Massachusetts and initially patented in 1862, but fully developed too late to play any major role in the US Civil War.
Military Peabodys were manufactured in four varieties which very closely resemble each other in both design and operation, differing only slightly in details: the M1866 Canadian, M1867 Swiss, the M1868 Roumanian, and the M1868 Spanish in.56-50 Spencer rimfire and M1868/70 Spanish in.43 Spanish centerfire.
The original Swiss model Peabody has a round barrel; same sights), M1868 Roumanian (similar to the Swiss, leaf extends to the receiver), M1868 Spanish and M1870 Spanish (the Spanish sights are identical, but the calibre of the rifles (.50 and.43) are quite different.
www.militaryrifles.com /Peabody&M/Peab&Mart.htm   (2178 words)

  
 Marion County, Part 5
The first settlement made in Peabody Township was in the autumn of 1870, the pioneers coming in advance of the railroad, and living several weeks in tents.
The city was named in honor of F. Peabody, of Boston, formerly President of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, who erected a fine library building on a commanding square of ground, Block 84, located on the corner of Walnut and Division avenue, donated by the city for that purpose.
Peabody has a Quartette Band, a Cornet Band, a Lotus Club, a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, organized July 10, 1882, Knights of Honor, Odd fellows and Masonic organizations.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/marion/marion-co-p5.html   (4780 words)

  
 Endicott Peabody
Peabody, the son of a wealthy Salem, Massachusetts, financier, graduated from Cambridge University and returned to America to enroll in a Massachusetts seminary.
While at Groton, Roosevelt attended Peabody's confirmation class, joined a society that helped underprivileged boys at summer camp and a club in Boston, and one winter was responsible for helping to care for a local African American woman, to whom he brought food and fuel.
Peabody officiated at FDR and ER's wedding and at the private religious services FDR held before his inaugurations and major events.
www.nps.gov /elro/glossary/peabody-endicott.htm   (344 words)

  
 Ephraim Peabody
Ephraim Peabody (March 22, 1807-November 28, 1856), an early Unitarian missionary to the (then) western United States and later a prominent and beloved minister of King's Chapel in Boston, was widely recognized as an insightful and inspiring preacher.
Peabody was part of a close-knit family of Unitarian leaders.
Peabody and Gray often discussed the effects of New England commercialism on the spiritual landscape.
www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/ephraimpeabody.html   (1495 words)

  
 DCPL: Branches: Georgetown Regional Library: Peabody Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Before this move, the Peabody Library was operated as a subscription library, which required a paid membership in order to borrow materials.
In 1979 the Peabody Trustees turned the collection and trust over to the DC Public Library with the proviso that the collection remain intact and in Georgetown.
The librarian/ archivists in Peabody Room and Washingtoniana hope that many "long-time residents" will want to help researchers get a fuller picture of life in the "local area" for future generations.
www.dclibrary.org /branches/geo/peabody.html   (621 words)

  
 Peabody
Francis Peabody, a farmer and miller, settled first at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1636 near “Labour in Vaine” on a road that led to the beach.
Peabody and his wife was laid in one grave," October 20, 1777.
BIMSLEY4 PEABODY (FRANCIS3, ISAAC2, FRANCIS1) was born September 2, 1731 in Middleton, Massachusetts, and died 1815 in Boxford, Massachusetts.
www.paulasgenealogy.com /peabody.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Peabody, George. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Peabody settled (1837) permanently in London; there he set up a brokerage business that became increasingly prosperous, later taking on as a partner Junius Spencer Morgan.
Peabody used his influence to better Anglo-American relations and financed the exhibition of American products at the Crystal Palace exhibition.
Prominent among Peabody’s philanthropies were large funds given for tenement clearance in London and the Peabody Education Fund of more than $2,000,000, to promote education in the South (partly used for the George Peabody College for Teachers, in Nashville, Tenn., which is now part of Vanderbilt Univ.).
www2.bartleby.com /65/pe/PeabdyG.html   (250 words)

  
 PEABODY
Peabody will be collaborating with visual artists on the night and will be supported by musical guests Gnemesis and Mutgash Poison.
In what will possibly be the last chance in a while for you to see Peabody before we go into hibernation to work on our next album, the band is heading off on a short tour in support of the 4th single from the album.
With The New Violence Peabody have turned in a darker, angrier record than I think a lot of people expected, and, in doing so, have released what is so far easily the best CD of 2005.
www.peabody.net.au   (501 words)

  
 The Peabody Sisters
The Peabody sisters—Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (May 16, 1804-January 3, 1894), Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (November 16, 1807-February 11, 1887), and Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (September 21, 1809-February 26, 1871)—were champions of reform movements, pioneers in modern educational theory, founders of the kindergarten movement in America and supporters of the arts.
Peabody was too liberal to believe in original sin, she did believe that as a result of the fall of Adam women were to endure special sufferings.
Once Lidian Emerson expressed to Elizabeth Peabody that she was grateful to Unitarianism for only one thing: it had led to Transcendentalism.
www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/peabodysisters.html   (2544 words)

  
 Peabody - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Peabody, the second largest town in Marion county, is located in Catlin and Peabody townships on Doyle creek, and at the junction of the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroads, 17 miles south of Marion, the county seat.
The first settlement in the vicinity of Peabody was made in 1870, in anticipation of the railroad which came through the next year.
The town was platted in June, 1871, and named in honor of F. Peabody, of Boston, formerly president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company, who built a fine library building and donated it to the city.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/p/peabody.html   (382 words)

  
 Peabody campus
Peabody Early Childhood Center is an age-appropriate, literacy-centered instructional program which provides a solid entry for your child’s school career.
At the Peabody Early Childhood Center, we focus on personal, social and intellectual development while ensuring that students acquire the skills and knowledge required for first grade.
You can keep track of what's happening at Peabody by going to the Peabody campus website You'll find photos and information about the special activities happening throughout the school year.
www.capitolhillclusterschool.org /_wsn/page5.html   (557 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Peabody's Improbable History
Peabody was one of the back-up segments in several of Ward's cartoon shows, starting with Rocky & His Friends.
The cultured voice of the dog, Peabody, was provided by co-producer Bill Scott, whose other voice credits include Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and Cap'n Crunch's arch-enemy Jean LaFoot.
(And by the way, Peabody is named after Scott's pet pooch.) It's widely believed that Sherman's falsetto was provided by June Foray (Rocky's voice), but this is incorrect — Sherman was actually voiced by character actor Walter Tetley, who had earlier done the voice of the Walter Lantz studio's Andy Panda.
www.toonopedia.com /peabody.htm   (451 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Peabody Online!
The City of Peabody, strategically located 18 miles North of Boston at the intersection of Route 128, Route 1 and I-95, is a city that works, residents state emphatically.
They point out that Peabody has evolved into a diverse vibrant community, a wonderful place to live and raise a family, and a tremendous economic success story.
The City of Peabody will be replacing the sewer on Bartholomew Street from Lynn St to Kyleigh Ln.
www.peabody-ma.gov   (138 words)

  
 Belz - Peabody Place - Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Muvico Peabody Place 22 Theater, a 22-screen movie megaplex with stadium seating, concessions ranging from quesadillas and popcorn shrimp to traditional popcorn, and a child care center for parents in need of a babysitter.
Peabody Place — the cornerstone of renaissance for downtown Memphis — is the largest mixed-use urban development in the South.
Peabody Place is at the heart of a vibrant metropolitan area with 1.1 million residents.
www.belz.com /peabody/entertainment   (313 words)

  
 Peabody Opera People | Student Ambassadors
As a freshman entering Peabody, we are lucky enough to be able to audition for the operas and are given fair chances as undergraduates to perform with the department.
Making the decision to continue my studies at Peabody was not difficult; both the opera and voice faculty members all have a lot to offer, whether it is in a musical or a dramatic sense, and the atmosphere here is friendly and conducive to personal development.
Peabody has diverse opportunities to offer both in and out of the Opera Department in terms of performance.
www.peabodyopera.org /students/ambassadors   (2736 words)

  
 Rankings, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Released on March 31, 2006, the latest rankings again accord Peabody fifth place overall among the top 50 schools.
Peabody's program in special education was ranked first in the nation for the fourth consecutive year.
The education rankings are based on data on student GRE scores, admissions selectivity, faculty resources, research activity, and on assessments of program quality by education deans and selected school superintendents.
peabody.vanderbilt.edu /about_peabody/rankings.htm   (197 words)

  
 USGenWeb Project - Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Settled as early as 1626, the area today known as Peabody was originally part of Salem called Brooksby Village.
Confusion resulted from the similarly named towns, and it was decided in 1868 to rename South Danvers after George Peabody, the international financier and philanthropist born in 1795 at 205 Washington Street, South Danvers.
In 1916 the citizens of Peabody voted to become the thirty-seventh city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Arbor/8406/PEABODY_MA   (345 words)

  
 Peabody Library
The George Peabody Library is a remarkable research library housed in a remarkable building.
The goal of the Peabody Library's first librarian was to build a library that contained the best and latest literature in all branches of knowledge except law and medicine.
The George Peabody Library is also available as an event space; for rental information, please call 410-659-8197 or visit the Peabody Library Events page.
www.library.jhu.edu /collections/specialcollections/rarebooks/peabody   (372 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Nationals return poet to his youth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Peabody was 10 when the original Senators left for Minnesota and 20 when the expansion Senators moved to Texas.
Peabody wants to take his daughters to games just as his father took him.
They had their differences, Peabody says, especially over Vietnam.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/nl/nationals/2005-04-03-poet-timeout_x.htm   (463 words)

  
 The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University: Music for the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
The Peabody Institute has a preeminent faculty, a nurturing, collaborative learning environment, and the academic resources of one of the nation's leading universities, Johns Hopkins.
In addition to the copyright to this collective work, copyright to the materials which appear on this site may be held by the individual authors or others.
www.peabody.jhu.edu   (135 words)

  
 Peabody Awards Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Established in 1940, the Peabody Award is operated by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, and is considered by many to be the equivalent of the Pulitzer for recognizing excellence in broadcasting.
The Peabody Awards Archives holds most entries in the radio category from 1940 to the present, and for television from 1948 to the present.
The Peabody Awards Archives is housed in the Media Department at the University of Georgia Libraries.
scarlett.libs.uga.edu /darchive/peabody/peabody.html   (1103 words)

  
 The Peabody Orlando
While it is broadly acknowledged that The Peabody Orlando has mastered the art of hospitality, the hotel also pays tribute in a realistic way to the visual arts.
The Peabody Ducks are laying out their red carpet to welcome families seeking superior weekend and vacation options.
The Peabody Orlando, the luxurious 891-room hotel, located in the heart of Orlando's attractions, performing and visual arts, just announced its "We are Family" package.
www.peabodyorlando.com /peabody_orlando/press_room.cfm   (329 words)

  
 Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU)
Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2005 sales of 240 million tons and $4.6 billion in revenues.
Peabody Energy featured in the March 2006 edition of St. Louis Commerce Magazine
Peabody applies the principles of sustainable development to its coal mining and coal use activities.
www.peabodyenergy.com   (311 words)

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