leadership and philanthropy, and emphasized moral development over intellectual. His school received early support from the Roosevelt family, including future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, and filled quickly. The school opened in 1884, and Peabody served as its headmaster until 1940. Its students included Theodore Roosevelt's four sons as well as his cousin, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Peabody was a strict master; despite many of the students being from wealthy families, he refused to allow any student to receive more than 25 cents per week in allowance. He died in Groton on November 17, 1944. Honors Peabody was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1891. Legacy Franklin Roosevelt said of Peabody, "As long as I live his influence will mean more to me than that of any other people next to my father and mother," and cited him as “the biggest influence in my life.” As thirteen-year-old W. Averell Harriman described him in a letter home: “You know he would be an awful bully if he wasn’t such a terrible Christian.” His family has been called Boston Brahmins. His son Malcolm E. Peabody was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody was his grandson. His great-grandchildren include author Frances FitzGerald, model Penelope Tree, and actress Kyra Sedgwick. References Further reading A Church for Helldorado: the 1882 Tombstone Diary of Endicott Peabody by S.J. Reidhead External links Groton School Brooks School 1857 births 1944 deaths People from Salem, Massachusetts American Episcopalians American people of English descent Schoolteachers from Massachusetts Founders of schools in the United States Heads of American boarding schools Members of the American Antiquarian Society Endicott (elder)