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Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody
1811–1893
A gifted Unitarian minister, essayist, and teacher, he entered Harvard at an unusually young age and went on to shape generations of students with his writing and moral philosophy. His work blends practical ethics, religion, and warm firsthand reflections on academic life in 19th-century America.
2 Audiobooks
Christianity and Modern Thought
by Henry W. (Henry Whitney) Bellows, James Freeman Clarke, Athanase Coquerel, Orville Dewey, Charles Carroll Everett, Frederic Henry Hedge, James Martineau, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody, George Vance Smith, Oliver Stearns
A Manual of Moral Philosophy
by Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody
About the author
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1811, Andrew Preston Peabody was an American clergyman, author, and educator. He entered Harvard College at just twelve years old, graduated in 1826, and built a career that combined ministry, scholarship, and public speaking.
Peabody served as a Unitarian minister in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before joining Harvard, where he became preacher to the university and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. He was known for his lectures on ethics and religion, and for the personal influence he had on students over many years.
As a writer, he published sermons, essays, biographies, and recollections, including books about Harvard and the people he had known there. Accounts of his life describe him as a humane and respected public voice who supported causes such as peace, the end of slavery, women's education, and kinder treatment of people with mental illness.