Ernest H. Peabody

Background

Peabody, Ernest H. was born on June 30, 1869 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Mary Hillary (Saltmarsh) Peabody.

Education

Student Gramercy (New York) Park school and Tool House, 1885-1887. Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, 1890, Doctor of Engineering (honorary), 1948.

Career

Rodman on construction Norfolk & Western Railroad, 1890. Draftsman, Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1891, later in erection departments, engineer tests (all types of fuel), 1893, research in burning oil fuel, 1902-1904 (gained international reputation). Formed Peabody Engineering Corporation, 1920.

President Peabody Engineering Corporation, New New York

Chairman, Board Of Directors Peabody, Limited., London. Attended training camp. at Plattsburg.

Discharge as sharpshooter, 1916. Trustee Stevens Institute Technology, 1951.

President, founder League for Less Noise, Incorporated.

Achievements

• Ernest H. Peabody has been listed as a noteworthy mechanic engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Stevens Alumni, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Naval Engineers, American Institute Newcomen Society. Clubs: University, Engineers.

Connections

Married Martha Cobb Sanford, 1925.

Father:

Daniel Webster Peabody

Mother:

Mary Hillary (Saltmarsh) Peabody

Spouse:

Martha Cobb Sanford