Peabody
Encyclopedia
Places
United States- Peabody, IndianaPeabody, IndianaPeabody is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana....
- Peabody, KansasPeabody, KansasPeabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is named after F.H. Peabody, of Boston, former vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Peabody is well known in the region for its Independence Day Celebration on July 4, and its historic 1880's downtown main street...
- Peabody Downtown Historic DistrictPeabody Downtown Historic DistrictPeabody Downtown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is located in Peabody, Kansas.-See also:* National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Kansas...
, in Peabody, Kansas
- Peabody Downtown Historic District
- Peabody, MassachusettsPeabody, MassachusettsPeabody is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population is about 53,000. Peabody is located in Boston's North Shore suburban area.- History :...
- Peabody, Cambridge, MassachusettsPeabody, Cambridge, MassachusettsPeabody, also known as "Area 9", is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Concord Avenue and Garden Street on the south, Massachusetts Avenue on the east, and the railroad tracks on the north and west. In 2005 it had a population of 11,794 residents living in 5,208...
, a neighborhood - Peabody RiverPeabody RiverThe Peabody River is a 12.9 mile long river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows south and east into Maine, joining the Kennebec River near the Atlantic Ocean....
, in New Hampshire
Institutions
- Peabody InstitutePeabody InstituteThe Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a renowned conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.-History:...
, a music conservatory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland - Peabody TrustPeabody TrustPeabody Trust , founded in 1862, is one of London's oldest and largest housing associations with over 19,000 properties. It also a charity and urban regeneration agency...
, a housing association in London
Libraries
- Peabody Institute LibraryPeabody Institute LibraryThe George Peabody Library, formerly known as the Library of the Peabody Institute, is the 19th century research library of The Johns Hopkins University. It is located on the Peabody campus at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland...
, the historical library at the Peabody Institute - Peabody Township LibraryCarnegie Library (Peabody, Kansas)Peabody Township Library, also known under the older name of Peabody Township Carnegie Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas.-History:...
, a city library in Peabody, Kansas
Museums
- Peabody Essex MuseumPeabody Essex MuseumThe Peabody Essex Museum , originally the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute, in Salem, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, and holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the US; its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as...
, a museum of art and culture in Salem, Massachusetts - Peabody Historical Library MuseumPeabody Historical Library MuseumPeabody Historical Library Museum, also known under the older name of Old Peabody Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas...
, in Peabody, Kansas - Peabody Museum of Archaeology and EthnologyPeabody Museum of Archaeology and EthnologyThe Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, and is particularly strong in New World ethnography and...
at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts - Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
- Robert S. Peabody Museum of ArchaeologyRobert S. Peabody Museum of ArchaeologyThe Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is a Native American archaeological collection in the United States. Founded in 1901 through a bequest from Robert Singleton Peabody, an 1857 Phillips Academy alum, the museum initially held the archaeological materials collected by Peabody from Native...
at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts
Other
- Peabody (band)Peabody (band)Peabody are an Australian four-piece rock band. Forming in Sydney in the mid-90s, the then three-piece Peabody ingrained themselves in the live music scene of Inner-city Sydney...
, Australian - Peabody (dance)Peabody (dance)Peabody was a foxtrot type ballroom dance in the United States of the beginning of the 20th century. It was essentially a fast One-Step danced under lively ragtime music....
, a fast foxtrot-type dance done to ragtime music - Peabody actionPeabody actionThe Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle. The Peabody action most often used an external hammer to fire the cartridge.The Peabody...
, a type of firearm action - Peabody AwardPeabody AwardThe George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
, for radio and television journalism - Peabody Bird, the American White-throated SparrowWhite-throated SparrowThe White-throated Sparrow is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family Emberizidae.-Description:The White-throated Sparrow is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family Emberizidae...
- Peabody EnergyPeabody EnergyPeabody Energy Corporation , previously Peabody Coal Company, is the largest private-sector coal company in the world. The company is headquartered in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri....
, an American company engaged in the production of coal - The Peabody HotelPeabody HotelThe Peabody Hotel is a luxury hotel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The hotel is well known for the famous "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop, but which make daily treks to the hotel's lobby in a daily "March of Ducks" celebration.- History :...
, a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, USA - Peabody Picture Vocabulary TestPeabody Picture Vocabulary TestThe PPVT-IV, updated in 2007, is an untimed, individual intelligence test. The test measures an individual's receptive vocabulary for Standard American English and provides a quick estimate of their verbal ability or scholastic aptitude. It was created in 1959 by two pioneers in special education,...
, a type of intelligence test - Mr. Peabody, a fictional dog in 1950s and 1960s TV animated series