What is George Foster Peabody?
{{Infobox person | name = George Foster Peabody | image = Pach Brothers - George Foster Peabody.jpg | alt = | caption = George Foster Peabody (1907) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|07|27}} | birth_place = [[Columbus, Georgia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1938|03|04|1852|07|27}} | death_place = [[Warm Springs, Georgia|Warm Springs]], Georgia, U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Banker | known_for = Namesake of the [[Peabody Award]]s }} '''George Foster Peabody''' (July 27, 1852 – March 4, 1938) was an American banker and philanthropist.<ref name=Ware>{{cite book|last1=Ware|first1=Louise|title=George Foster Peabody: Banker, Philanthropist, Publicist|date=2009|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0820334561|page=1}}</ref> ==Activism== Peabody retired from business in 1906 to pursue a life of public service.<ref name=Anderson|Moss|1999>{{cite book|last1=Anderson|first1=Eric|last2=Moss|first2=Alfred A.|title=Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930|url=https://archive.org/details/dangerousdonatio00ande_552|date=1999|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0826264169|page=[https://archive.org/details/dangerousdonatio00ande_552/page/n129 111]}}</ref> Long interested in social causes, he supported such progressive ideas as the single tax as advocated by [[Henry George]] in his book ''[[Progress and Poverty]]'', free trade, women's suffrage and government ownership of railroads. He was also active in the anti-war movement. ==Awards and recognitions== Perhaps Peabody's best-known legacy is the [[Peabody Award|George Foster Peabody Awards]], presented annually since 1941 by the [[University of Georgia]]'s [[Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication]] for excellence in radio, and, since 1948 ==Death== Peabody died on March 4, 1938 at his home in [[Warm Springs, Georgia]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|title=George Foster Peabody|url=http://www.