Identifier: biographicalhist091913elio (find matches)
Title: Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950
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Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Biographical Society
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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opportunities, and traditions of Ameri-can life, fearing lest his family would be weaned from them if hetarried longer under another flag. Under influences of this kind,the son became deeply imbued with the spirit of English educationwithout, however, losing his American attachments and ideals. The headmaster of Groton is thus a man inspired but not subduedby the English spirit in education, and the school, while embodyingEnglish methods and ideals, flourishes in American soil and isAmerican in its essential aims and character. Aside from anyspecial characteristics, the school has become famous for its thoroughscholarly work, high tone, athletic prowess, and wholesome disci-pline. The headmaster well merits the high renown his success haswon for him. Endicott Peabody was born at Salem, Massachusetts, May 31,1857. His father was Samuel Endicott Peabody, and his motherwas Marianne Cabot Lee, daughter of John C. Lee. The detailsof his ancestry may be found in the biography of the father.
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