Background
Peabody, Francis Greenwood was born on December 4, 1847 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Jane (Derby) P.
Peabody, Francis Greenwood was born on December 4, 1847 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Jane (Derby) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1869, Master of Arts, 1872. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1872. Doctor of Divinity, Yale, 1887, Harvard, 1909.
Doctor of Laws, Western Reserve, 1907.
Ordained 1874; pastor First Parish Church, Cambridge, 1874-1880. Parkman professor theology, Harvard, 1881-1886, Plummer professor Christian morals, 1886-1913, professor emeritus, since 1913, acting dean Divinity School, 1885-1886, 1893-1894, dean 1901-1905, overseer, 1877-1882. Author: Mornings in the College Chapel, Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion, 1896.
Afternoons in the College Chapel, 1898.
Jesus Christ and the Social Question. 1900; Religion of an Educated Manitoba, 1903.
Jesus Christ and the Christian Character, 1904. Mornings in the College Chapel, 2d series, 1907.
The Approach to the Social Question, 1909.
Sunday Evenings in the College Chapel, 1911. The Christian Life in the Modern World, 1914. Religious Education of an American Citizen.
1917.
Education for Life, the Story of Hampton Institute, 1918. A New England Romance, 1920. The Apostle Paul and the Modern World, 1923.
The Church of the Spirit, 1925.
Reminiscences of Present Day Saints, 1927. Prayers for Various Occasions and Needs, 1930.
Privileges of Old Age, 1931. The Rhythm of Life, 1932.
Married Cora Weld, June 11, 1872. Children: William Rodman, Gertrude Weld, Francis Weld (deceased), John Derby (deceased).