A financier based in Baltimore and London , in the 1860s he began to endow libraries and museums in the United States , and also funded housing for poor people in London .
George Peabody ( 1795 -- 1869 ) is the acknowledged father of modern philanthropy .
A financier based in Baltimore and London , in the 1860s George Peabody began to endow libraries and museums in the United States , and also funded housing for poor people in London .
George Peabody ( 1795 -- 1869 ) is the acknowledged father of modern philanthropy .