George Peabody's benefactions, totaling more than seven million dollars, were made during his lifetime. He began the practice of giving as a young Baltimore merchant long before he acquired his fortune. Hailed in his day as "the most liberal philanthropist of ancient or modern times," he is today regarded as the founder of modern philanthropy.

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